Good evening Patrons! The fifty-third episode of Japanese Phonetics is live! In this lesson we explore at the Japanese approximants, や [ja] and わ [ɰa], as well as common issues and good to be aware of points for each sound.
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2018-11-23 07:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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2018-10-20 08:51:28 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening Patrons!
Some of you may have seen a video circulating on YouTube of a Japanese man named Kazu nitpicking my Japanese. I've actually been in contact with Kazu-san since he created these videos; he's a very pleasant and knowledgeable guy, and the current voice of the native male recordings in Japanese Phonetics.
I just wan...
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Good evening Patrons! The fiftieth episode of Japanese Phonetics is live, and updated w...
2018-10-03 13:40:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good afternoon Patrons! The forty-ninth episode of Japanese Phonetics, ...
2018-09-17 05:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: I had intended on including native recordings for the voiced version of 'h' in 'haha' and 'gohan', but after listening to these files on repeat, I came to the conclusion that isolated recordings of these pronunciations could end up confusing learners more than it helped, and thus opted to leave them out. My recordings ...
2018-09-01 11:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The forty-sixth episode of Japanese Phonetics is live, now with n...
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Good evening Patrons! The forty-fifth episode of Japanese Phonetics, updated with nativ...
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Good morning Patrons! The forty-forth episode of Japanese Phonetics, now updated with n...
2018-06-28 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: At around 10:10 in this video, I note that the standard Japanese z sound（the initial sound in ざ、ず、ぜ、ぞ）sometimes does become a fricative in the word initial position if it comes after a word ending in a vowel and the speaker is talking at a fairly rapid pace. I just wanted to let everyone know th...
2018-06-11 03:49:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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Note: This lesson originally contained a section o...
2018-04-04 08:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
A long overdue tour of the space and equipment I use to create videos (minus my 2016 macbook pro). If anyone has any questions feel free to let me know! More footage of the rest of my apartment coming soon.
Best from Beppu,
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2018-03-20 10:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The thirty-eighth episode of Japanese Phonetics is live, now updat...
2018-03-19 09:06:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The thirty-seventh episode of Japanese Phonetics...
2018-03-04 10:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostThese are the resources I use to create Japanese Phonetics. A PDF which follows traditional formatting rules is also available here (last updated April 25, 2020). Please also note that I acquired a fair amount of the information in this series while int...
2018-03-04 00:52:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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Good evening Patrons! The thirty-sixth episode of Japanese Phone...
2018-02-17 10:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening patrons! I have a couple quick announcements I wanted to share with everyone. First, and this is a big one:
I'm now the father of twin girls, Hannah and Kloe!
The girls were actually born a few weeks back, but things have finally settled down a bit, so I'm just now getting around to announcements.
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Good afternoon Patrons! The thirty-fifth episode of Japanese Phonetics ...
2018-01-31 05:27:56 +0000 UTC View PostFor $15 patrons: You're good to go. Just scroll down for a complete, up-to-date lesson list, ANKI flash card decks, as well as a links to other Patreon exclusive content such as collaboration videos with other creators, livestream Q&A, etc.
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Hello, Patrons! I hope this message finds you all well. The Japanese Ph...
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June 4, 2021 Update: In the previous version of this lesson, I talked about how the initial い in 行くか often gets partially dropped in rapid speech, and attributed this to devoicing. However, after doing additional research, I've come to the conclusion that this is more of a form of slurring / slang than devoicing, and thu...
2017-12-18 14:43:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Sunday, January 23, 2022 update: A previous version of this video contained a mistake in the pitch-accent graphic for 先生は女だ at 12:35, but this has been fixed, along with a few other minor cosmetic changes.
One additional note on pitch-accent graphics: In this series, particles and conjugations of the...
2017-12-02 16:36:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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Edit: In this video, I recommend studying Japanese...
2017-11-17 14:46:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening Patrons! The thirtieth episode of Japanese Phonetics is live! In this episode...
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