Good evening, Patrons!
I am excited to announce the launch of our private Japanese phonetics lessons on Patreon!
The lessons are led by Natsumi sensei, who also conducted the successful test lessons we recently held. With a background in teaching Japanese and a focus on Japanese pronunciation, Natsumi sensei's expertise also draws on her experience as a...
2023-08-02 13:54:33 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2023-06-26 00:02:47 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be doing a two-hour Patreon exclusive livestream tomorrow from 9:00 AM, Japan time (check what time that will be in your timezone here). The livestream will be available for everyone in the $5 tier an...
2023-06-25 06:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening, Patrons!
We've had a good response to the earlier post announcing the first phase of this project, and I want to thank you all for your interest and support.
We decided to extend the deadline by 24 hours just in case anyone had trouble preparing and uploading their application and video. This makes the new deadline 11:59 PM Japan time, Saturday, March 25.
Th...
2023-03-24 15:21:32 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2023-03-17 04:31:37 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be doing a Patreon exclusive livestream tomorrow from 1:30 PM, Japan time (check what time that will be in your timezone here). The livestream will be available for everyone in the $5 tier and above, ...
2023-03-16 04:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning, Patrons!
Over the years, many patrons have asked for private lessons or have asked about getting individual feedback on their pitch accent. However, due to time constraints and certain health issues I’ve dealt with over the years, I’ve unfortunately never been able to provide individual support like this to everyone who asks. Even so, I’ve wanted to find some way to expand the series and offer more.
So, my business partner JP and I decided to develop something ...
2023-03-16 01:32:25 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2023-02-28 00:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be doing a Patreon exclusive livestream tomorrow from 9:00 AM, Japan time (check what time that will be in your timezone here). The livestream will be available for everyone in the $5 tier and above, ...
2023-02-27 00:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2023-01-12 23:59:43 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be doing a two hour, Patreon exclusive livestream tomorrow from 9:00 AM, Japan time (check what time that will be in your timezone here). The livestream will be available for everyone in the $5 tier and above, a...
2023-01-12 03:22:07 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening, patrons!
This update brings high-quality native recordings to episode 78, where we continue looking at pitch-accent in honorifics.
Remember that you can find this lesson along with the rest of the series on the Japanese Phonetics Index Page, plus additional m...
2022-12-23 07:46:49 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, everyone!
Lesson 77 has been updated with high quality native recordings. This update also includes new examples illustrating an exception to one of the rules in the lesson. See the lesson post for more information on this change.
Remember that you can find these lessons and the rest of the series on the 2022-12-17 04:10:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, Patrons!
Lesson 76 has been updated with new, high-quality native recordings. This lesson takes a look at pitch accent in long particle strings like までは, からは, だはけ, なでだ, and からです.
Remember that you can find these lessons and the rest of the series on the 2022-12-09 08:28:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, patrons!
This update adds high-quality native recordings to episode 75, where we examine accent deletion and pre-accenting in long particles like ぐらい and しか.
Remember that you can find these lessons and the rest of the series on the Japanese Phone...
2022-12-02 08:43:45 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening, patrons!
This update adds native recordings to episode 74, where we start to look at pitch-accent change in multi-mora particles like から and まで.
Remember that you can find these lessons and the rest of the series on the Japanese Phonetics Index Page...
2022-11-25 07:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
2022-11-22 04:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be doing a Patreon exclusive livestream tomorrow from 1:30 PM, Japan time (check what time that will be in your timezone here). The livestream will be available for everyone in the $5 tier and above, and as usual, I'll be doing my best to answer questio...
2022-11-21 04:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening, everyone.
This update brings native recordings to episode 73, where we explore pitch-accent change in adverbial counters.
Remember that you can find these lessons along with the rest of the series on the Japanese Phonetics Index Page, plus additional me...
2022-11-18 07:28:50 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, patrons!
This update brings native recordings to episode 72, which looks at speaker variation in counters, heiban pronunciations of standard counters and 円, and how the number 15 is a little different.
Remember that you can find these lessons along with the rest of the series on the 2022-11-11 05:29:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
Lesson 71 has been updated with native recordings and some information about a more recent phonetic shift.
This episode covers the money counter, 円, in some detail. It also includes a few good-to-remember general rules, and the above-mentioned phonetic shift for the commonly used 千円.
Remember that you can always find these lessons al...
2022-11-04 00:26:43 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, patrons!
This update brings native recordings to episode 70, which looks at so-called first-mora-high counters like 回 and 時間, plus some of the more common irregular counters from the odaka-transformation group of counters.
Remember that you can find these lessons along with the rest of the series on the 2022-10-28 07:37:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, everyone.
This update brings native recordings to episode 69, which looks at an exception with the rule for Western counters, and two groups of regular counters.
Remember that you can find these lessons along with the rest of the series on the Japan...
2022-10-21 08:18:55 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, everyone!
In the last live stream I said there would be a Patreon-exclusive merch discount code. Unfortunately due to a problem with the merch platform, we weren't able to generate the discount code on launch day.
The problem has finally been addressed, so we now have a discount code for you.
Use code PATJOUZU10 at the Dōgen Merch Store for 10% o...
2022-10-20 09:13:58 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, patrons!
In this update we bring high-quality, native recordings to episode 68, the lesson where we start to look at pitch accent in counters. Specifically, this looks at Western counters such as グラム and パーセント.
Remember that you can find these lessons along with the rest of the series on the 2022-10-14 06:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
https://youtu.be/EJCGvc7n_tk
Hope to see all of you there!
Note: this stream will be available to watch even after it has ended.
Good afternoon, Patrons! I hope your studies are going well.
We have updated two more lessons with high-quality, native recordings. Lessons 66 and 67 both deal with pitch accent in numbers: Lesson 66 in numbers greater than 10, and lesson 67 covers complex number compounds.
Good evening, Patrons! I hope your studies are going well.
I am happy to bring you two new Anki decks put together by Patron Gambel. These decks cover the pitch accent conjugations for various forms of words and verbs covered in the Japanese Phonetics and Pitch Accent course, using audio from the lessons themselves.
Gambel has also included helpful instructions on how to use and information about the decks. Together with the decks from Patrons Céu and Neeson, there are now ...
2022-08-12 09:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning, everyone!
We have updated two more lessons with high quality native recordings. Lesson 64 covers pitch accent in full names and names with titles, while lesson 65 is the first lesson looking at pitch accent in numbers and counters.
Good afternoon, everyone!
Two more lessons have been updated with high quality native recordings. Both of these deal with names: Lesson 62 covers pitch accent in many common first names; and lesson 63 covers last names, with a focus on the ten most common last names.