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How to practice japanese pitch accent with word lists

7 lessons · 3:55 · updated 9/12/2026

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What you will do in this course

  • Learn basic pitch accent
  • Practice word list
  • Advanced pronunciation techniques
  • Listening Quiz Practice
  • Advanced Listening Test
  • Create Word List
  • Accent Change Identification
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Getting started

21 lessons

1. Japanese pitch accent for beginners

Learn basic pitch accent

OK Japanese · watch the original · 0:59

2. Concepts and scope

Monochrome Japanese · watch the original · 1:37

3. ない the Collaborator

Monochrome Japanese · watch the original · 7:16

4. （よ）う the Leader

Monochrome Japanese · watch the original · 4:23

5. （ら）れる the Agent

Monochrome Japanese · watch the original · 5:37

6. rule no. 2

Dogen · watch the original · 0:46

7. Examples (with particle "ga")

Dogen · watch the original · 0:47

8. 頭高 examples

Dogen · watch the original · 1:06

9. 中高 Examples

Dogen · watch the original · 1:10

10. (Almost?) all 中高 words only have one correct pattern

Dogen · watch the original · 0:52

11. 尾高 examples

Dogen · watch the original · 1:03

12. 平板 explanation

Dogen · watch the original · 0:53

13. 平板 examples

Dogen · watch the original · 1:01

14. How to use

NihongoRabbit · watch the original · 1:09

15. [001-007]

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16. [008-014]

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17. [015-021]

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18. [022-028]

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19. [029-035]

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20. [036-042]

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21. [043-049]

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Check yourself

Four questions on this section. Wrong answers are the point: each one explains itself.

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Getting started — Learn basic pitch accent.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Learn basic pitch accent

Doing it properly

3 lessons · short section, not a full path on its own

1. Learn the Standard Japanese pitch accents for rain, candy, bridge, and chopsticks

Practice word list

Learn Japanese with Makoto · watch the original · 0:41

2. Pitch Accent Quiz : AME | Test Your Japanese Ear!

Listening Quiz Practice

Unscripted Japanese by Ami · watch the original · 0:33

3. Why it’s better to make your own word list for Anki

Create Word List

Learn Japanese From Zero! · watch the original · 0:16 · a taster

Check yourself

Four questions on this section. Wrong answers are the point: each one explains itself.

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Doing it properly — Create Word List.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Practice word list
  • Listening Quiz Practice
  • Create Word List

Going deeper

3 lessons · short section, not a full path on its own

1. 【How to improve your Japanese pronunciation】

Advanced pronunciation techniques

Yutaka Japanese Academy · watch the original · 0:39

2. Can you hear the difference? Japanese Pronunciation 🇯🇵

Advanced Listening Test

NihongoDekita with Sayaka · watch the original · 0:30

3. 5 Japanese Words Changed by Pitch Accent

Accent Change Identification

Bunpo | Learn Japanese · watch the original · 0:17 · a taster

Check yourself

Four questions on this section. Wrong answers are the point: each one explains itself.

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Going deeper — Accent Change Identification.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Advanced pronunciation techniques
  • Advanced Listening Test
  • Accent Change Identification