Pitch accent, phonetics, and guides to sounding natural.
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A guide to 30 ways to say goodbye in Japanese, organized by formality level (casual, formal, business) with hiragana, romaji, and English translations. Covers context and body language for appropriate usage.
Resource list page featuring websites for studying Japanese pronunciation in practical contexts, including anime and manga character speech patterns, regional dialects with video examples, and RhinoSpike for native.
Japanese pronunciation has a reputation for being “easy” — the writing system is consistent, the vo
Preply offers personalized one-on-one Japanese tutoring lessons with native speakers and experienced tutors.
Collection of over 1,000 free pronunciation audio files for Japanese words recorded by native speakers through Lingua Libre. Learners at any level can listen to correct pronunciations of vocabulary items.
Guide to Japanese pitch accent minimal pairs like あめ (rain/candy) and はし (bridge/chopsticks), explaining the four Tokyo pitch patterns and offering training methods to develop accent recognition.
Guide to essential Japanese phrases for beginners covering greetings, farewells, gratitude, apologies, and home expressions with hiragana, katakana, kanji, and romaji.
Reviews and comparisons of 15 Japanese speaking apps including Pimsleur, Rocket Japanese, italki, and others, with information about features, pricing, and how each app helps learners develop pronunciation and.
Guide to VoiceVox, a free open-source Japanese text-to-speech engine. Covers the technology, available voices, history of Japanese speech synthesis, and practical uses for learners including hearing natural intonation.
Fourteen lessons teaching practical Japanese phrases for real travel situations including restaurants, trains, hotels, airports, shopping, and emergencies. Includes dialogues and audio for beginners.
Explains how masculine and feminine speech patterns differ in casual Japanese, focusing on the declarative particle だ and particles like ね and よ. Includes examples and comics for intermediate learners.
Guide to Japanese speaking practice techniques including shadowing, recording yourself, karaoke, and finding conversation partners through apps and language exchanges.
A guide explaining Japanese pitch accent, when it matters for learners, and practical methods to improve it. Addresses whether learners should prioritise pitch accent study relative to other aspects of Japanese.
Guide to 37 basic Japanese phrases for tourists covering greetings, polite expressions, and everyday conversation with phonetic pronunciations and a downloadable PDF cheat sheet.
Today I want to give you something big — 100 traditional Japanese greetings, all in one place. Not just "konnichiwa" and "sayonara," but the full range: the
Lesson on basic Japanese covering expressions, particles, verb grammar, and phrase grammar with explanations of fundamental concepts and cultural context for beginning learners.
An app and website for practicing Japanese speaking and listening through shadowing real YouTube videos with synced subtitles in kanji, kana, and romaji, instant dictionary lookup, and playback controls for learners at.
Guide to shadowing technique for improving Japanese pronunciation, listening and fluency through repeating native speakers.
Guide to 20 essential Japanese phrases for travelers covering greetings, politeness, shopping, dining, navigation and emergencies. Includes audio pronunciation and tips for learning kana before a trip.
Guide offering 15 tips for practicing Japanese conversation, including strategies for finding conversation partners through online platforms, travel immersion, and local language communities.
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