Japanese Phonetics #4: Phonetic Awareness and Useful Practices

The fourth episode of 'Japanese Phonetics', my educational series dedicated to Japanese intonation / pitch-accent and pronunciation. In this episode I talk about phonetic awareness and essential practices for developing Japanese listening and speaking abilities. For episodes 5-60, please visit: Movie / Drama Recommendations: 1. “Orange Days“ / オレンジデイズ (First two episodes) 2. Tokyo Sonata / 東京ソナタ (Full movie) 3. 12 Kind Japanese / 十二人の優しい日本人（Full movie） Video Sources: ・慶應義塾大学の日本語アクセント講座、当講座の資料 ・新明解日本語アクセント辞典第２版（監修：金田一春彦、編：秋永一枝、出版：三省堂） ・NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典（編：NHK放送文化研究所） ・Apple Japanese Dictionary（スーパー大辞林） ・The Phonetics of Japanese Language: With Reference to Japanese Script (P.M. Suski) Full series bibliography: