Japanese Phonetics Anki Flashcards—Available Now!

Japanese Phonetics Bibliography
Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon Patrons!

I hope that this message finds you well. Long time Patron Neeson Champion has done us a huge favor—he spent countless hours of his own free time to create an Anki deck which includes all the examples from Japanese Phonetics (visuals and audio included!). He was even kind enough to write up a description for this post. Talk about initiative! Really can't express how appreciative I am for Neeson's efforts. Thanks again—this is a game changer that I'm sure all patrons will benefit from!

Description by Neeson:

Here are all the examples from Dogen's phonetics series up to the current pitch-accent lesson (32), provided in Anki format.

Note: If you have been using the old version of the deck, you should be safe to use the above link to update it. In case you run into troubles, or you have significantly edited the old deck, you can use this deck instead (it contains only the examples from lessons twenty-four through thirty-two).

If you're not familiar with Anki, basically it works on flashcards and showing them to you at the most appropriate time to efficiently build your memory. More info here.

Anki is free and is available for most platforms. The iOS app is paid, but you can still use the web app if you choose not to purchase it.

Included are two types of cards for each example, Recognition and Production.

• Recognition is to test yourself on your listening ability. It provides the audio, and it is up to you to do your best to hear the pattern. Repeat it out loud. You can also try drawing out the pattern, or imagining it. These cards appear first when you’re doing doing new cards.
• Production is to test your ability to produce the example. The idea here is to read the sentence and reproduce it with the correct pitch pattern. There is even the possibility to record/replay your own voice (on Windows at least). These cards are buried automatically if a Recognition card is done on the same day, so don't worry if you don't see these initially!

Audio and images from the videos are included. Rule cards are not included, but if you feel like these would be helpful I encourage you to make your own. Check out the Anki manual for information. 

Important info on getting set up!

Follow this guide up to step 4. 

Ensure that "Bury related cards until the next day" is ticked on both the new and review tab.

Please let me know here if you have any troubles, questions or comments!

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Thanks again Neeson—we all truly appreciate this! 

If you'd like to send Neeson a payment for his time and effort, do so by clicking here:
https://www.paypal.me/neesonc