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What Is Pitch Accent In Japanese? 4 Patterns

July 15, 2023July 11, 2020 by Nick Hoyt

Today’s topic is something that very few people knew about when learning Japanese several decades ago, but is becoming a more increasingly popular topic among modern Japanese language learners. What is pitch accent in Japanese? It is both similar to … Read more

Categories Sounds Tags Listening, Speaking 4 Comments

Silent & Semi-Silent Vowels in Japanese – Devoicing

July 11, 2020July 10, 2020 by Nick Hoyt

Now we get to an interesting part of the Sounds of Japanese. Well actually, it’s all been interesting, but this part is something unique. I’m talking about silent and semi-silent vowels in Japanese. The official name for the phenomenon is … Read more

Categories Sounds Tags Listening, Speaking 11 Comments

What Is The Small “tsu” In Japanese? Answers Here.

July 10, 2020 by Nick Hoyt

Today we are going to cover a very important part of Japanese phonetics that is represented by a special character. It’s not a new kana, you’ve seen it before, just not quite like this. The reason is because it is … Read more

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Long Vowels In Japanese – Explanations And Examples

October 2, 2020July 10, 2020 by Nick Hoyt

As you learned in the beginning of this course, the Japanese language only has five vowels. But if that’s true, then what the heck are “long vowels” in Japanese? Well, since there are such a small number of different vowels … Read more

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List Of All Hiragana And Their Sounds

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020 by Nick Hoyt

Now that you have officially completed Part One of this course, I thought it would be appropriate to provide you with a list of all the individual sounds of Japanese, all in one place. Feel free to bookmark this page … Read more

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