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Announcements—Next video and Grading Your Japanese

Announcements—Next video and Grading Your Japanese

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,

Dōgen

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Episode 19.1: Verbs and particles, part I

Episode 19.1: Verbs and particles, part I

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

Good evening Patrons!

In this lesson, we begin to explore how particles attach to verbs, primarily heiban verbs.<...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 80—LIVE!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 80—LIVE!

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Good evening Patrons! The eightieth...

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(Read description!) Japanese Phonetics Episode 79—LIVE!

(Read description!) Japanese Phonetics Episode 79—LIVE!

Note: The kanji at 6:55 should be not 起こり, but 怒り. Apologies for this mistake!

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Q&A with Matt from the Mass Immersion Approach!

Q&A with Matt from the Mass Immersion Approach!

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 que...

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Long-term Japanese Road Map with Matt from MattvsJapan!

Long-term Japanese Road Map with Matt from MattvsJapan!

Japanese Phonetics Index Page

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 fro...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 78—Pitch accent in honorifics (part II)

Japanese Phonetics Episode 78—Pitch accent in honorifics (part II)

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Good evening Patrons! The sev...

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(Potential) tax changes and lesson revision

(Potential) tax changes and lesson revision

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 ...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 77—Pitch accent in honorifics

Japanese Phonetics Episode 77—Pitch accent in honorifics

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

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Podcast with Norm from Tokyo Lens!

Podcast with Norm from Tokyo Lens!

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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Recent Japanese Phonetics Updates

Recent Japanese Phonetics Updates

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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...

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Episode 6.5: Devoicing and pitch & one mora words in isolation

Episode 6.5: Devoicing and pitch & one mora words in isolation

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good evening Patrons!

In this lesson we look at devoicing and pitch in rapid, everyday speech, and also com...

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Episode 6.4: Using Spectrographs to analyze pitch accent, part 2

Episode 6.4: Using Spectrographs to analyze pitch accent, part 2

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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Episode 6.3: Binary graphics and spectrographs

Episode 6.3: Binary graphics and spectrographs

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

Good evening, Patrons!

This lesson breaks down the differences between binary pitch-accent guides and how they ca...

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Interview with Matt from MattvsJapan!

Interview with Matt from MattvsJapan!

Good evening Patrons!

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 AJAT...

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Q&A with MattvsJapan!

Good 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...

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Episode 6.2: Effective active listening drills

Episode 6.2: Effective active listening drills

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Nasality in Japanese—Important!

Nasality in Japanese—Important!

Good afternoon Patrons!

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 vid...

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Episode 6.1: Improving pitch-accent awareness

Episode 6.1: Improving pitch-accent awareness

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

Japanese P...

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Japanese Phonetics #76—Pitch accent in long particle strings

Japanese Phonetics #76—Pitch accent in long particle strings

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good evening Patrons! The seventy-sixth episod...

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Episode 5.2: Stress-accent vs. Pitch-accent & the 'R' sounds

Episode 5.2: Stress-accent vs. Pitch-accent & the 'R' sounds

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon Patrons! Recently I have been receiving a fair number of questions...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 75—LIVE!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 75—LIVE!

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Good evening Patrons! The sev...

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Google Hangout / Livestream Pause

Good 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 t...

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Japanese Phonetics #74: Multi-mora particles

Japanese Phonetics #74: Multi-mora particles

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Good evening, Patrons! The seventy-...

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Winter Break

Good 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 f...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 73—Updated with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 73—Updated with native recordings!

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Good evening Patrons! The sev...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 72—Updated with native recordings!!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 72—Updated with native recordings!!

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Good afternoon Patrons! The s...

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Influenza and Slight Japanese Phonetics 72 delay

Good 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 actua...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 71—Updated with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 71—Updated with native recordings!

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Good morning Patrons! The sev...

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(Please read description!) Japanese Phonetics Episode 70—now with native recordings!

(Please read description!) Japanese Phonetics Episode 70—now with native recordings!

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. Apologi...

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