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Work Updates!

Work Updates!

Just wanted to let everyone know about these two work updates that should significantly make things easier for me going forward. Thank you for your continued support, and good luck with your Japanese studies!

Best from Beppu,

Dōgen

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 69—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 69—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon Patrons! The sixty-ninth episode of Japanese Phonetics has been updated with high quality, native recordings! ...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 68—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 68—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Note: In...

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Japanese Phonetics Schedule Change

Good afternoon Patrons, Dōgen here. 

I wanted to let everyone know that while I had originally planned on releasing Japanese Phonetics Episode 68 later today, yesterday while checking the final edit file, I noticed a discrepancy between the information in the video, and that of the Shinmeikai Japanese Accent Dictionary. I spent the m...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 67—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 67—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon, Patrons. ...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 66—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 66—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon Patrons! The s...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 65—now with high quality native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 65—now with high quality native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

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Going live now!

Going live now!

Please use 'P—' at the beginning of your question,  or include a capital P somewhere in your question to let me know you're coming from Patreon. Hope to see you over there!

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Live Stream

Good evening patrons! Just wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow June 27 at around 2:00 PM Japanese time I’ll be doing a public Q&A livestream on YouTube at YouTube.com/Dogen

Please start any questions with the letter P and a dash, as in

P—

to let me know you’re a patron and I’ll do my best to answer your quest...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 64—now with high quality native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 64—now with high quality native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon Patrons! The s...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 63—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 63—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon Patrons! The sixty-third episode of Japanese Phonetics is live, no...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 62—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 62—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page  

Good afternoon Patrons! The sixty-second episode of Japanese Phonetics is l...

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Injury, Workflow, and Japanese Phonetics Updates

Injury, Workflow, and Japanese Phonetics Updates

Thank you all for your understanding. Please excuse the brevity of this post--as mentioned in the video, typing hurts quite a bit so doing my best to avoid using the keyboard.

Will be in touch again soon!

Dōgen

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 61—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 61—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

Good afternoon, Patrons! The sixty-first episode of Japanese Phonetics is now live with...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 60—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 60—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page

Good afternoon, Patrons! The sixtieth episode of Japa...

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Work Updates and Questions

Work Updates and Questions

Good afternoon Patrons,

Hope this post finds all of you well. I wanted to share this video to let everyone know how I intend on approaching work now that I'm independent, as well as take this opportunity to solicit advice on productivity. 

As mentioned in the video, I anticipate on releasing the next phonetics lesson approximate...

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Episode 59: The special sound rule, the katakana rule, and syllables (Read supplementary note!)

Episode 59: The special sound rule, the katakana rule, and syllables (Read supplementary note!)

May 25, 2021 Supplementary note: At approximately 1:05 in this video, I say "the special sounds always shift the downstep back (to the left) one mora," and this is certainly the standard, mainstream rule, but it seems that there are at least some instances in which they may shift the downstep forward, rather than backwards.

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 58—now with native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 58—now with native recordings!

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good afternoon, Patrons!

The fifty-eighth episode of Japanese Phonetics is ...

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Schedule Update & Japan Times Interview

Good afternoon Patrons!

I have some unfortunate news—three members of my family, myself included, have contracted the flu, and as a result of this I will be delaying the release of Japanese Phonetics #58 by a few days; I've tried to power through sickness in the past, but it's always resulted in both a dip in quality and further delays, ...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 57—LIVE!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 57—LIVE!

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Good afternoon Patrons! The fifty-seventh episode of Japanese Phonetics is live! In this lesson I answer Patron-submitted pronunciation questions, covering topics such as consecutive R sounds, the perception of regional dialects, an...

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Submit your Pronunciation Questions!

Good afternoon Patrons! 

Just wanted to remind everyone that the next Japanese Phonetics lesson with be a pronunciation Q&A, so if anyone has any specific concerns related to pronunciation, please feel free to leave a comment below and I'll be sure to answer it in the video. In the case there aren't too many comments here, I'll ad...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 56—Live with high-quality native recordings!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 56—Live with high-quality native recordings!

Note: In this lesson I translate "買っておくよ (かっておくよ)" as 'I'll buy it for you," but this may not be the best translation in all cases. We could also translate this into, "I'll buy this just in case," or, "I'll buy it, seeing as I (we, you, etc.) might need it," depending on the circumstances. View Post

Japanese Phonetics Episode 55—UPDATED!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 55—UPDATED!

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Good afternoon, Patrons! The fifty-fifth episode of Japanese Phonetics is now live and updated with high quality native recordings! In this lesson we look at the nasalized vowel variant of the 撥音 (はつおん) in detail, ...

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Japanese Phonetics Episode 54—UPDATED!

Japanese Phonetics Episode 54—UPDATED!

Note: At 0:45 in this lesson, I say 三 (さん) with the atamadaka pattern, as in SAn, but this should be 平板, as in saN, like the native recordings the follow.

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Conversation with Kazu (part 3)

Conversation with Kazu (part 3)

Good afternoon Patrons! 

Slightly early, but Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Kazu-san from the Eigonodo Channel recently finished creating the third part of our conversation together, so I'm sharing a link here, as many people seemed to enjoy the previous videos. I believe that there will still be a couple videos left from this pa...

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Livestream!

Currently live! Hope to see you there!

https://youtu.be/QXlKiw1C_80


Dōgen

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Buying Property in Japan: Q&A

Buying Property in Japan: Q&A

Good evening patrons! Just finished uploading the 'Buying in Japan Q&A', so here it is (video will go live on YouTube in approximately 24 hours)! If anyone has any questions or concerns with regards to the content of this video definitely let me know and I'll be sure to reply with a comment below. Thank you very much for the ongoing support, an...

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Patreon livestream!

Live now!
https://youtu.be/QXlKiw1C_80


Hello patrons! I wanted to let everyone know that I will be doing the previously mentioned livestream/AMA this Saturday, at approximately 1:45 PM Japanese time. I’ll be posting the link to the stream here, as well as in a ne...

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How and why I bought a condo in Japan

How and why I bought a condo in Japan

Good evening Patrons! Just finished my second video in the Japanese condominium series so I'm releasing it here on Patreon first (will go public tomorrow evening)! Sorry for the rambling and frequent tangents in this one—I'm not used to recording without some kind of script so I was a bit nervous at first haha. 

If anyone as any questions ...

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Thank you

Thank you

Hi everyone. Just uploaded this to YouTube, but I wanted to post here as well, as your support through Patreon is really what's made all of this possible. Thank you so much for your continued support, I really can't express how much it means to me and my family.

The tour video in question will go up here, on Patreon, a few days before it's live o...

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