Japanese Phonetics

Pitch Accent Basics

Introducing Japanese Pitch Accent
  • Introduction 初めに
    Getting started
    18 Terms

  • Lesson 6 6
    The basics of Japanese pitch accent
    31 Terms

  • Lesson 6.2 6.2
    Effective active listening drills
    22 Terms

  • Lesson 6.4 6.4
    Spectrographs and pitch accent
    6 Terms

  • Lesson 6.5 6.5
    Devoicing and pitch, and one mora words in isolation
    4 Terms


Nouns I

  • Lesson 8 8
    Pitch accent for 1-4 mora nouns
    90 Terms

  • Lesson 9 9
    Pitch accent for 5+ mora nouns and compounds
    21 Terms

  • Lesson 10 10
    Pitch accent patterns for nouns in phrases
    36 Terms

  • Lesson 11 11
    Pitch accent test #1
    45 Terms


Adjectives

Patterns in adjectives
  • Lesson 12 12
    Introduction to i-adjectives
    35 Terms

  • Lesson 13 13
    Pitch accent in heiban i-adjectives
    42 Terms

  • Lesson 14 14
    Pitch-accent patterns for na-adjectives
    43 Terms

  • Lesson 15 15
    Pitch accent for the さ form of na-adjectives
    16 Terms

  • Lesson 16 16
    Pitch-accent for the negative conjugations of i-adjectives
    36 Terms

  • Lesson 17 17
    Negative conjugations of na-adjectives and noun phrases
    17 Terms


Verbs

The importance of verbs
  • Lesson 18 18
    The importance of 平板 verbs / Pitch accent for 平板 verbs
    21 Terms

  • Lesson 19 19
    Pitch-accent patterns for non-平板 conjugations of 平板 verbs
    15 Terms

  • Lesson 19.1 19.1
    Pitch-accent patterns for verbs and particles
    35 Terms

  • Lesson 20 20
    Pitch-accent patterns for 頭高 verbs
    18 Terms

  • Lesson 21 21
    Rules for determining verb pitch accent
    51 Terms

  • Lesson 22 22
    Pitch-accent patterns for 中高 verbs
    40 Terms

  • Lesson 23 23
    Verb wrap-up / General advice
    37 Terms

  • Lesson 24 24
    Pitch-accent test #2
    45 Terms


Sentences and Phrases

  • Lesson 25 25
    Introduction to sentence-level pitch accent
    20 Terms

  • Lesson 28 28
    Pitch accent in question words and phrases
    25 Terms

  • Lesson 30 30
    Beginner-intermediate pitch-accent cheat sheet
    87 Terms

  • Lesson 32 32
    Pitch-accent test #3
    50 Terms


Advanced Topics I

  • Lesson 59 59
    The special sound rule, the katakana rule, and syllables
    19 Terms

  • Lesson 60 60
    Exceptions to the katakana rule and introduction to the の rules
    28 Terms

  • Lesson 61 61
    Exceptions to the の rule and common words with multiple pitch accent patterns
    43 Terms


Numbers and Counters

  • Lesson 65 65
    Introduction to numbers
    24 Terms

  • Lesson 66 66
    Pitch-accent in numbers greater than ten
    31 Terms

  • Lesson 67 67
    Pitch-accent in complex number compounds
    9 Terms

  • Lesson 68 68
    Introduction to pitch-accent in counters
    17 Terms

  • Lesson 69 69
    The regular counter groups
    17 Terms

  • Lesson 70 70
    Atamadaka counters and irregular counters
    30 Terms

  • Lesson 71 71
    The money counter 円
    33 Terms