Introduction to Japanese Pitch Accent

In this Japanese pitch accent video, you will learn about the basics of pitch accent in standard Japanese. The Japanese language is known as a pitch accent language in which accent is expressed through a contrasting pitch. In standard Japanese, there're 4 different pitch accent patterns. Each Japanese word (independent words (Jiritsugo)) has one (or more) of these patterns: 1. Atamadaka (Head-High) 2. Nakadaka (Middle-High) 3. Odaka (Tail-High) 4. Heiban (Flat) Depending on whether a word has an accent or not, these patterns are categorized into 2 groups: Downstep: ・Atamadaka (The accent is on the first mora.) ・Nakadaka (The accent is on a mora other than the first and the last moras.) ・Odaka (The accent is on the last mora.) Flat: ・Heiban (There is no accent.) In this video, you will learn about these basic Japanese pitch accent rules and practice distinguishing the subtle difference in pitch. Also, there’s a lot of useful information on Japanese pitch accent. *1: Strictly speaking, the accented mora is pronounced a little louder and the length of the accented and unaccented moras is roughly the same. *2: When the second mora is ん, the small つ or long vowels, the first and the second moras sound identical in pitch. 0:00 What is Accent? 1:37 What is Pitch Accent? 3:27 Pitch accent notations 4:19 Syllable vs. Mora 4:40 Different pitch accent systems depending on regions 5:18 Pitch accent rules in standard Japanese 6:20 4 different pitch accent patterns 11:19 Listening practice for pitch accent with homophones 12:27 Do you have to memorize the correct pitch accent pattern for every single word? 14:00 Why do you learn pitch accent aside from acquiring correct pronunciation? 16:32 Dictionaries for Japanese pitch accent 18:20 Outro The Rhythm of the Japanese Language: https://youtu.be/pI00lEXqezA Japanese Long Vowels: https://youtu.be/_MBcIAEmucY Shadowing for Japanese Learners: https://youtu.be/zW15K8prmZs Japanese Pitch Accent: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGos75KF4PaS3SfZIyISHoNXea_C5IdUS Japanese Pronunciation: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGos75KF4PaQWko1d_WJEVSmH71QFaTa8 Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page Online Japanese Accent Dictionary: http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/eng/pages/home The Japanese Language Pronunciation and Accent Dictionary (NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典): Japan (Paperback) : https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4140113456/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_DF5YN759NJPXKQ2WD8B8 Japan (iPhone app): https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/dictionaries/id1380563956?l=en The US (Paperback): https://www.amazon.com/dp/4140113456/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_P6GeGbDJRB8GW JAccent - Japanese accent dictionary: (iPhone app): https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/jaccent-japanese-accent-dict/id1252200087?l=en (Android app): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dttrinh.gm.jaccent&hl=en_US&gl=US Cambridge Dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/ Check out my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/campanasdejapanese #japaneselanguage #japanesepronunciation #pitchaccent