Good afternoon Patrons, I hope that this post finds you well. This is just a short video explaining a couple of changes / updates that I'm making in the upcoming weeks. If anyone has any questions or concerns feel free to leave a comment below!
Thank you for your support and good luck with your Japanese studies,
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2020-08-15 05:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this lesson, we begin to explore how particles attach to verbs, primarily heiban verbs.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns with regard to this lesson, please don't hesitate to leave a comment below. Thank you very much...
2020-08-09 01:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The eightieth episode of Japanese Phonetics is live! In this lesson we see how four common suffixes affect pitch-accent in everyday speech.
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2020-07-23 12:01:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: The kanji at 6:55 should be not 起こり, but 怒り. Apologies for this mistake!
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Good evening Patrons! The seventy-ninth episod...
2020-07-04 07:47:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon Patrons! The Q&A with Matt from the Mass Immersion Approach is live! I hope that we were able to answer everyone's questions, and that the people who didn't leave questions are able to learn something from this video!
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Good afternoon Patrons! The newest episode of Japanese phonetics is live! In this lesson, which be listed near the top of the above index page, I talk with Matt from Refold and discuss the most effective long-term study plan for Japanese learners aiming for a very high level of Japanese fluency. Note that this vi...
2020-06-18 04:18:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The seventy-eighth episode of Japanese Phonetics is now updated with high-quality native recordings! In this lesson we continue to explore pitch-accent in ho...
2020-05-31 05:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening Patrons! I hope that this post finds all of you well. In the above video, I discuss the tax changes Patreon will be making in the near future (which will only affect certain Patrons living in the U.S.), as well as a minor revision related to the previous lesson on honorific pitch-accent. If anyone has any questions or concerns with regards to the above, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Best from Beppu,
Dōgen
2020-05-22 12:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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December 2022 Update: When updating this lesson with high-quality native recordings, in the section covering the third rule in this lesson (two mora atamadaka words pre...
2020-05-14 01:38:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon Patrons! Just wanted to share a link to the recent video podcast I did with my friend Norm from Tokyo Lens as part of his 'The @ Home Show' series, in which he interviews various Japan-based creators. Most of the stuff we talk about I've covered before in different videos, but hopefully some people still enjoy this!
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2020-05-01 03:41:43 +0000 UTC
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Good morning Patrons! I'm posting this video to explain three revisions / supplementary updates I've recently made to Japanese Phonetics, and to briefly talk about a video I plan on making in the relatively near future. The episodes I talk about in this video can be found at the below links:
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Good evening Patrons!
In this lesson we look at devoicing and pitch in rapid, everyday speech, and also compare the pitch of one mora heiban and one mora atamadaka words when there is no following particle.
As always, if you have any questions or conc...
2020-04-27 01:22:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This video features a slightly different production style as it was recorded during the early days of the pandemic when I was adjusting to sudden changes in work and life circumstances. Thank you for your understanding.
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This lesson breaks down the differences between binary pitch-accent guides and how they can differ from actual pronunciation by using computer generated spectrographs to look at pitch-accent patterns in spoken Japanese, as well as introduci...
2020-03-24 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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Above is my Patreon exclusive Q&A I recently did with Matt from MattvsJapan. In addition to the above video, we also recorded a video in which I interviewed him regarding AJATT and MIA, and a video in which he interviewed me on how I use Japanese in my com...
2020-03-17 12:25:54 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons! I just wanted to let everyone know that in the very near future I'll be doing a Patreon exclusive Q&A video with MattvsJapan, an extremely proficient Japanese speaker who often talks about the All Japanese All the Time study method on his various channels. If you have any questions you'd like me to ask him during our interview, please leave a comment below! Thank you!
EDIT: The ...
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In this lesson we work on improving our pitch-accent awareness by going thro...
2020-03-06 08:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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I recently received a YouTube comment (pinned on this video) from a Japanese speaker which essentially said, "Your Japanese is very good, but sometimes it sounds like you're speaking with slightly too much nasality." In the above video, I address this comment in detail.
To be clear—I often speak Japanese in an overly nasal manner in both my comedic videos and in this...
2020-02-27 02:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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Japanese Phonetics Episode 58
Clarification Post mentioned at end of lesson
Note: The post mentioned at the end of the lesso...
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Good evening Patrons! The seventy-sixth episode of Japanese Phonetics is live, now updated with high-quality native recordings! In this lesson, we look at pitch accent in long particle strings. 2020-02-01 08:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good afternoon Patrons! Recently I have been receiving a fair number of questions regarding the difference between stress-accent and pitch-accent, so I wanted to share this quick, impromptu video I made on said topic. Note that bec...
2020-01-22 04:19:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The seventy-fifth episode of Japanese Phonetics is now updated with high-quality native recordings! In this lesson, we look at accent deletion and pre-accent...
2020-01-15 06:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons! I hope this message finds all of you well. It's been a while since the last Google Hangout or livestream, so I just wanted to take a minute to address this topic. I've talked about it briefly in other posts, but I don't believe I've ever created a post specifically to address things properly.
Since the birth of my twin daughters (September 13, 2017), I've had to put the Google Hangouts and livestreams more or less on hold in order to keep regularly releasing phon...
2020-01-05 06:02:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening, Patrons! The seventy-fourth episode of Japanese Phonetics is now updated to include high-quality native recordings. In this lesson, we begin to explore pitch accent in lon...
2019-12-27 01:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons. I hope that this message finds you well. I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be taking two to three days off this month to celebrate the holidays with my wife and kids, and that as a result of this, the next phonetics lesson will be released slightly behind schedule (factoring in the delay, I'm currently aiming for around the 29th). Thank you all for your understanding in this regard, and for your gracious support in 2019. Hope that everyone has a wonderful ho...
2019-12-17 00:44:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The seventy-third episode of Japanese Phonetics is now updated with high quality native recordings! In this lesson we explore pitch-accent change in adverbia...
2019-12-09 04:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good afternoon Patrons! The seventy-second episode of Japanese Phonetics is now updated with high quality native recordings! In this lesson we learn about counter related speaker ...
2019-11-22 04:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons,
I hope this post finds you all well. I wanted to let everyone know that I will be releasing Japanese Phonetics #72 three to five days behind the scheduled November 17th release date as I (and my youngest daughter) have come down with the flu, and have thus been completely bedridden for the past several days. I actually wanted to post announcement this in video form, but I haven't showered in three days and am currently far from presentable, so I opted for a short...
2019-11-09 06:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good morning Patrons! The seventy-first episode of Japanese Phonetics has been updated with native recordings! In this lesson, we explore the money counter, 円, in detail. We als...
2019-10-31 01:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
August 7, 2020 amendment: 十冊（read as either じゅっさつ or じっさつ）and 十匹（read as either じゅっぴき or じっぴき）also form entire odaka compounds, as in juSSATSUha / jiSSATSUha and juPPIKIha / jiPPIKIha, rather than JUssatsuha / JIssatsuha and JUppikiha / JIppikiha. Apologies for not including these with the other exceptions, and thank you to Patron Kent for bringing this to my attention!
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