The Very Basics of Japanese Pitch Accent

The Very Basics of Japanese Pitch Accent | 2 Rules and 4 Patterns

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Hi,
Do you know that the Japanese language is a pitch accented language?
And that every word has a certain pitch?
Here, you'll see 2 rules and 4 patterns of pitch and what you can do to master pitch accent.
0:00 Introduction
1:04 What's Japanese Pitch Accent
1:58 2 Rules
2:30 4 Patterns
6:37 Test(the Pitch of にほん、にほんご、にほんじん）
9:37 What you can do now to master pitch accent
Japanese is a pitch accent language, so please try to imitate the pitch when you practice speaking!
That will help you sound more natural. This channel deals with the Kanto(Tokyo) dialect, the modern standard Japanese.
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@tarriyen8032 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know these rules! Why my Japanese teachers and textbook didn’t mention it. This is the whole new world to me 🤯😱 Thank you, sensei! 🙇🏽

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

I guess the pitch accent is too difficult for beginner students 🤔 Thank you for the comment!

@danjf1 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Most of my books don't mention anything about pitch. I'm glad I found a couple of KZfaqr videos that explain it and actually give you the rules (wakadaka, etc) with correct Standard/Tokyo pronunciation. Thank you!

@FakeLewis Жыл бұрын

I'm exactly like this now lol

@user-fz8zb1kw4c 11 ай бұрын

Love each your word. Even your Anglo tongue is much sweet,rather than nowadays Londoners. W With love ,yours alina

@user-fz8zb1kw4c 11 ай бұрын

From alina to fumi

@coolbrotherf127 11 ай бұрын

I've known that pitch accent helps distinguish similarly sounding words, but I never realized that it is also used to clearly separate words in a sentence. Now I'll be definitely trying to analyze every spoken sentence trying to hear the variations in pitch between words.

@ayakosaito7323 6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that doesn't work.

@ayakosaito7323 4 ай бұрын

@@dmitriiafanasev9991 You are pissing against the wind.

@mudkip_btw 7 ай бұрын

I was taught that there are no real rules for pitch, so you should just learn them for each word. You've narrowed it down to just four types, where onlt the 中高 words need to be known word-by-word. That simplifies it so much! I found pitch weirdly consistent for a while now, but I wasn't able to put it into words. 本当にありがとうございます!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 7 ай бұрын

お役に立ててよかったです！😊✨

@Amaling Жыл бұрын

Watching this video after reading about pitch accent online and hearing that my native Farsi has the same type of pitch accent as Japanese. It is indeed, shockingly similar! The loanwords you used as examples in this video, most of them are said exactly the same in Farsi

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

Interesting!!😁

@dazzothegreat 9 ай бұрын

Het voice is soooo soothing 😊

@No_Named_Nobody 2 жыл бұрын

I finally started to understand Kanji, just for pitch accent to come along and break my brain again.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

You don't have to learn everything right away. I think just being aware of pitch accent will help you improve your accent😄

@tlembro 4 ай бұрын

This is so true! My husband was Japanese and lived in Japan for 10-11 years.No one told me this but I just heard it over and over….like a musical sound. We call it different accents on syllables….long and short. Thank you for this…I cant stand the sound that many people use…..the word itself is only a small part….the flow of sound is what makes it real!

@user-em8ip9ys9z 5 ай бұрын

Your English is so pleasant to listen to.

@user-em8ip9ys9z 5 ай бұрын

I have had nothing but good interactions with Japanese people. I took a business trip to Japan 25 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

@lkj2727 2 жыл бұрын

You are the most soft-speaking person I've ever seen on KZfaq. 😄 Thanks a lot, anyway. This is the exact lesson I was looking for.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thank you 😊😊

@user-cv4fh3ft7z 2 ай бұрын

Ive always been quite confused about pitch in the japanese language, this video was insanely helpful :3

@ifishineushine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, I never learned these rules even after a year of learning Japanese. This was very helpful since I’m still new to the language!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 日本語の勉強、がんばってくださいね！😄

@iMuzik3 5 ай бұрын

So happy to have this video!

@srellison561 6 ай бұрын

This is so incredibly helpful.

@seenonyt2210 11 ай бұрын

Very good lesson and so well presented! Thanks a lot!

@yasya9439 2 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful! Thank you!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that. Thank you:)

@massvt3821 3 жыл бұрын

This remimnds me of the time a Japanese instructor pronounced the word "konnichiwi". She made the distinction of saying "kon-N-ichiwa", which I suspect is often ignored when this word is said very quickly. We all tend to slur our words, in any language. I guess "sumimasen" is the same, as it's often pronounced "suimasen", without the first "m". You would make a great English sensei for high school kids..maybe you already are--lol

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, you’re right, I teach English to people not only high school kids, but also adults. And some young men say こんちは instead of こんにちは😁

@Gankoittetsu 11 ай бұрын

🤣 konnichiwi

@alonsorojas3829 11 ай бұрын

Love your videos, I always learn a lot!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that :)

@sinister_logos4725 3 ай бұрын

This was very helpful

@kerrymechedal4165 Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you Sensei

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome✨😁

@andie6959 5 ай бұрын

Many thanks, it has been very helpful.

@lamtuvi Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your extremely helpful lessons for a beginner like me !

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful✨

@snathan3198 5 ай бұрын

Very nice lesson!

@cinegoth4144 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. This really helped 🙂

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to hear that. Thank you 😊

@XSunnyHeartX 6 ай бұрын

That is very interesting! I learn langauges by sound or sound combinations. That means I usually don't have problems with pitch, but it is interesting to know that there is a concept like this - especially when learning new expressions.

@user-vd7fg4ll2w 5 ай бұрын

This really helps when trying to understand the pitch section at the beginning of Minna no Nihongo.

@sycona1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is so helpful.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that! Thank you 😊

@IaIaIanopipipi 2 жыл бұрын

amazing video, thank you!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU😄

@Drfirstck 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for clear explanation and very informative. It’s very helpful for beginners 😊

@AMCTequila 5 ай бұрын

What interesting lessons you have.

@jonkomatsu8192 3 жыл бұрын

Another really interesting and useful lesson. Thanks! 🤙

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!😊

@saraarsenault7453 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 7 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@nareshchoudhary4407 2 жыл бұрын

It really helpful. Thank you

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that. Thank you

@s0ledadSperanza 3 ай бұрын

ありがとうせんせい！とても助かります！🤍

@HakanEgeli 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your support, Hakan-san😊😊

@intothenewworld327 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sensei!~🙇🏽‍♂️💖✨

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

Douitashimashite😀

@smyumyu8526 4 ай бұрын

very useful

@wueric2855 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful! This is something that I think is pretty important and will make an huge distinction between mediocre pronunoncers and excellent ones.

@weeringjohnny 4 ай бұрын

I don't remember my French teachers back in Scotland in the 70s being quite as gentle as this lady. Are all Japanese language teachers as nice as her?

@s0ledadSperanza 3 ай бұрын

the japanese culture is extremely polite and gentle! niceness is highly valued in japan - so probably, yes :)

@joshjocuns4076 Жыл бұрын

You are so amazing I’m so glad I found your channel

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you found my channel!

@Heyheyhey12335 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@diamondsaf5064 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice is very calming💗😄 and this video was really helpful ありがとうございます

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you for saying that😊

@Ruther1988 10 күн бұрын

Vielen dank für dieses tolle Video! Es hat mir sehr geholfen.

@Heyheyhey12335 4 ай бұрын

Love it so much

@SalawuIbrahim 5 ай бұрын

One minute in, I've already subscribed and liked this video.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that, thank you for subscribing and welcome to my channel✨

@mrmatz408 11 ай бұрын

Pitch accent is really tricky, but this video demystified it a bit for me. Thank you!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! And thank you for your SUPER THANKS! It motivates me a lot😀🙌

@bytheway1031 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful!👍👍

@asprywrites6327 5 ай бұрын

Your voice is very comforting. I bet you're good with children. I'm sure I'd enjoy talking with you. Keep up the great work. I'm not studying Japanese but I learned a lot by accidentally finding your upload. Take care and thanks.

@n20games52 3 жыл бұрын

ビデオをありがとうございます。 Thanks for this unique type of instruction!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

I hope it’ll be of some help. Thank you 😊

@W4iteFlame 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video

@ELZ00M 4 ай бұрын

Nice. Practice words that YOU LIKE. Makes learning way better

@babyblue7798 5 ай бұрын

awww. i want to return to learning nihongo. i started in 2018 and hen stopped. i love it. i will start again.

@CorpseTornado 9 ай бұрын

I knew nothing of this til' I found a book by a Japanese dude in a Canadian library. Either way, the amount of useful information you put on the screen during your explanation is perfecto. I love getting the kanji and furigana in real time like this. Great teaching and editing.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!😊✨

@ivenacaroline7247 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou! i was searching for the rule or pattern for Japanese pitch accent! and really the only way is learn word by word thou :'D ganbarimasu!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 ай бұрын

ganbatte!!😁👍

@idee7896 Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Never knew about pitch. You explain it in such easy to understand way. I also notice that your presentation (your voice) is so soothing. I can listen to you for hours. Maybe you can explore doing an ASMR?

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And thank you for the suggestion, too, but I can't listen to ASMR myself ...so maybe not😅

@davfb8622 7 ай бұрын

As someone who learned English and trained orally, we did speak extensively about pitch in English. How words and sentences rise and fall. So it’s just training your ear to hear the pitch and replicate. The feel comes with practice

@Frisbieinstein 4 ай бұрын

That's subtle. I never would have noticed this.

@ellie2285 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are wonderful - your voice is so soothing, not to mention you speak in such a clear and easy to understand way. I'm really glad I found your channel, thank you for your hard work! ✨

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 I’m glad you found my channel too! I hope your Japanese learning journey will be fun and exciting 😁👍

@koobzandthekeys 5 ай бұрын

I second that! Not only is the topic presented cleary but it also makes for such a welcome change to hear a teacher speak in a low voice. Calming, yet still very much informative!

@MyKashiwa 2 жыл бұрын

先生、ありがとうございました。

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

どういたしまして！コメントありがとうございました😊

@ericd1022 5 ай бұрын

This is so important! Idk why teachers don’t emphasize this early on. Maybe because they assume learners will just get pitch naturally but that’s never true 😅

@luckyhappy65 5 ай бұрын

多謝！

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support 😊✨ I appreciate it

@AndG463 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been learning Japanese in and off all my life including at university and no one has ever explained this. Now I know why my Japanese friends kept correcting me when I said 雨. ありがとうございます。

@MMMTAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

😄✨

@GlitchmanVGM 11 ай бұрын

This was a very helpful video and it was very easy to understand! ありがとうございます！ (did I say that correctly? 😁)

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! And yes, you said it correctly :)

@spiceupyourlifekavitagakhe6200 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting and learning...Its so nicely explained. So i want to know お早うございます。。will have rise and fall how many times...❤

@TheRealUnconnected 8 ай бұрын

ありがとございますせんせい！！

@lovelymahi7080 11 ай бұрын

素晴らしい

@Samuel-vq4ii 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the explanation. Are there categories of words that usually fall under certain patterns which would make it easier to learn? I’ve noticed that a lot of adjectives are 中高 and that a lot of 4 mora 2 kanji nouns are 平板. If so, please could you teach us some of these as they’re really difficult to find.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are certain patterns for certain words. I can't tell you when, but I'll make some videos about them. Thank you for the suggestion!

@samuraishonan4706 6 ай бұрын

I have been here nearly 40 years and will never ever lose my NYCity accent …on purpose. Definitely makes for fun chatter.

@diegusmaximus9655 Жыл бұрын

この動画作ってくれてありがとうございますーーーーー

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

どういたしまして！！　喜んでもらえてよかったです😄

@diegusmaximus9655 Жыл бұрын

@@SpeakJapaneseNaturallyみがこのチャネルで役立つ人が多いですよ動画作ることを続けてください！！

@Preschool4yo-7yo Жыл бұрын

I do fu mi sen se's youtube shorts everyday it is like as my learning preview. In addition i carefully start attempting full series by my choice. Don't tell anyone this is very good for me.^^

@jshy5569 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your explanation . I didn’t know the pitch is different between Nihongo and Nihonjin ! I need more training for my ears 👂 😅.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Your ears will get used to it👍😁

@DavidAkombo 5 ай бұрын

Excellent!! arigatogozaimasu

@rogerliu1182 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning, Very good, thank you

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

ロジャーさん、おはようございます！ありがとうございます😊

@jblauh01 Жыл бұрын

Wow this was so helpful! Some Japanese KZfaqrs should make a coarse or classes. Many people would love to learn but have little access to do so. Self teaching is very hard.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

Actually I’m making a phonetic course 😊

@jblauh01 Жыл бұрын

@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Definitely something I would be interested in!

@johnsanchezzambrano6303 4 ай бұрын

Eres muy bella y muy buena enseñando. Además tu voz es relajante, como un soplo de brisa, como una caricia.

@sparky5860 3 ай бұрын

Thank you…..

@user-yx3fj2cq4c 5 ай бұрын

日本人にとっても役に立ちますね

@idontlikechocolatebrownies3281 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining the pitch! It's so hard to learn it alone.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it’s hard. Ganbatte kudasai 👍 Thank you for the comment 😊

@user-vp6fh8gx7z 5 ай бұрын

Wow.

@kairu_b 2 ай бұрын

Relaxing

@voytecco6104 9 ай бұрын

Dziękujemy.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 9 ай бұрын

Voy Tecco-san, Thank you for your support! I really appreciate it 😊✨

@zulkiflijamil4033 8 ай бұрын

英語アメリカインドねこ日本日本人いもうとは This is an excellent explanation and useful lesson sensei. ありがといございます。

@AthanasiosJapan 6 ай бұрын

That's the first time I see the rules of pitch accent in Japanese.

@deathb3rry Ай бұрын

6:58 the dotted visualization was confusing me so another way to interpret this is on words where you let the pitch drop, you let the word "rest", or say it with the energy going down

@adim947 6 ай бұрын

わにという単語とわに革という単語でピッチが変わる例が分かりやすい

@lisamarydew 6 ай бұрын

Lovely! The only video about pitch that made sense to me, and was so gentle on the ear and pleasing to watch. You're a great teacher.

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁✨✨

@lucasivan1836 Жыл бұрын

I'm just starting to learn new kanji meanings and I'd like to know if there is some web page or dictionary where I can find the pitch of each word, please. By the way, congrats. Yours is a wonderful work! Keep up doing it!

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

How about this page? www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/eng/pages/home And as for your smartphone, you can use “JAccent”. You can find it on App store or Google Play store 😊

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 8 ай бұрын

You can learn more about Japanese phonetics: www.speakjapanesenaturally.com/service

@pencilaturdesk143 5 ай бұрын

how do i practice saying and recognizing pitch accents? God bless you, i hope you will be able to master the language you want to learn

@dianarosejavier6844 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching japanese 😊

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 11 ай бұрын

It's my pleasure, Diana san!😊

@samuraishonan4706 6 ай бұрын

Sensei, your skin is beautiful

@vmethod 5 ай бұрын

what's wild is, as I learn, I'm just learning the pitch along with the word (subconsciously). The rules confuse me but I guess if I just pronounce the words correctly with the pitch that I hear it in, it'll be fine. (because I'll have the correct pitch anyway LOL)

@Ramiristempest Жыл бұрын

Now I can differentiate the pitch accents and can tell it just by listening to the words but I can’t seem to tell it by listening to a fast conversation. Is it just normal or do I need to practice more? If I have to practice more, do u have any advice for me to do it effectively?

@rockybalboa6867 2 жыл бұрын

Is the tokio dialect the natural form of japanese? ... and thank you for your work! It helps a lot

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Tokyo dialect is the natural form of Japanese and it’s regarded as the standard Japanese😊

@MaximusRiopel Жыл бұрын

標準語(ひょうじゅんご)(hyoujungo)(standart dialect)

@javierfontenla Жыл бұрын

Hi, great video! Which online dictionary or tool do you recommend to know the pitch accent of each word?

@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Жыл бұрын

I recommend, JAccent kzfaq.infokNPLlaIw2fg?feature=share

@javierfontenla Жыл бұрын

@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally AMAZING!! ありがとう！

@shinobik933 5 ай бұрын

Indeed. It feels just naturally to say some words in the right pitch. Also, I noticed 日本人 pitch follows similar tone (low higher low) than that of cantonese. Interesting 🤔

@frithbarbat 6 ай бұрын

I've been studying Japanese for 40 (yes, 40) years, and this is the first time I've ever realized that pitch is so much a part of Japanese. I always thought it only mattered to distinguish words like 橋、箸、端　・雨、あめ etc. Thank you so much!

@tachikaze222 5 ай бұрын

I started Japanese in 1989 and lived in Tokyo for most of the 90s . . . I too thought pitch was only for e.g. saké vs sake . . . ChatGPT 4's answer on this is very similar to sensei's : )

@manuelvicente9614 3 ай бұрын

❤ Thanks, very interesting. I should have know that when I started learning only with a book before the invention of youtube (I know, I’m old) … now it’s maybe too late, but no worries everybody knows I’m a Spanish gaijin…. 😂