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I have updated two more lessons with high quality native recordings: Lesson 60, which covers exceptions to the katakana rule discussed in lesson 59 and introduces the の rule; and lesson 61, which covers exceptions to the の rule and also covers words with ...
2022-04-01 06:45:41 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Patrons!
I hope your studies are going well. I've released updates for lessons 58 and 59 with high-quality native recordings. In lesson 58 I review some basic pitch-accent information, and cover some exercises I've picked up since starting the series. Lesson 59 we get into t...
2022-03-13 04:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope that this post finds all of you well. I just wanted to share the above video with everyone to explain some big new developments I'm working on both here, on Patreon, as well as on YouTube. If anyone has any questions with regards to this video, please feel fre...
2022-03-03 02:16:56 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Patrons. I hope this post finds all of you well!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I've updated lesson 30, the episode which serves as a cheat sheet for most of the importan...
2022-02-22 00:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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Japanese Phonetics Index Page
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The remake...
2022-02-10 07:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning, Patrons!
I hope this post finds all of you well. I just wanted to let everyone know what the next Japanese Phonetics update will be, and when I am currently expecting to release it.
The next Japanese Phonetics release will be a ground-up remake of lesson 29, the lesson...
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I hope your studies are going well. I want to let you know that I have updated two of the pitch-accent tests. These now feature high-quality native recordings, and I've also updated some of the content in these tests to reflect my thinking around the subtle drop in pi...
2022-01-16 01:17:16 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Patrons!
I hope that this post finds you well. I just wanted to let everyone know that I've updated lesson 53, the lesson on the Japanese 'y' and 'w' sounds, as well as 2021-12-29 06:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Good morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
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2021-12-23 04:16:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be doing a Patreon exclusive livestream tomorrow, Thursday December 23, from 1:15 PM Japanese time. Please see the attached image to see what time this will be in other time regions.
During this livestream, wh...
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Japanese Phonetics Index Page
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In this lesson, which is a complete re...
2021-12-04 11:36:51 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Patrons!
How are your studies going? I'm here to let you know that I have released the next two updated videos in the pronunciation sub-series with high quality native recordings. These two lessons cover ん, or what is known in Japanese as the hatsuon (撥音), which can b...
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I hope this post finds you well. I just wanted to let everyone know that the new, ground-up remake of Japanese Phonetics Lesson 6.3, which breaks down the differences between binary pitch-accent graphics and computer generated spectrographs, among other things, is now...
Good morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
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Note: this stream will ...
2021-10-28 02:09:08 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, Patrons! I hope you're all doing well. I'm posting today to let everyone know what I've been up to with regards to Japanese Phonetics, as well as to share the new Anki flash card post, linked below.
First, Japanese Phonetics work update: For the past month or so, I’ve been...
2021-10-18 07:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post(August 2022: I have updated this post to include new decks contributed by a third patron. Read on for more!)
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Three different patrons have now contributed their time and effort to building Anki decks that other patrons could use to support th...
2021-10-18 07:25:47 +0000 UTC View PostGood Afternoon Patrons,
I hope this post finds all of you well. I just wanted to let everyone know that for the past week I have been battling what seems to be the flu (I took a covid test and the results were negative), with high temperatures, as well as a bad cough and runny nose. T...
2021-09-27 03:42:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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I just wanted to share this video with all of you such that everyone can get an idea of what I'm currently working on. Please click here to see the 'Japanese speaking style' lesson mentio...
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I hope that you're all doing well. I just wanted to let everyone know that I've updated the next two videos in the pronunciation sub-series with high quality native recordings. These two lessons cover what are probably some of the harder sounds for native English spe...
Good morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
Hope to see all of you there!...
2021-08-28 05:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon Patrons!
I hope that this post finds all of you well. I just wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow, Friday August 28, I'll be doing a Patreon exclusive livestream for all $5 and $10 Patrons from 2:00 pm Japan time. I'll be sure to post again on Patreon once we're live—...
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I hope your studies are going well. I just wanted to let everyone know that I've updated two more videos from the pronunciation sub-series with high quality native recordings. These are lessons 49, which covers 'b', 'p', and lesson 50, which covers 'm', as well...
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I hope this post finds all of you well. I wanted to let everyone know that I have updated two lessons of Japanese Phonetics with high-quality native recordings: Lesson 47 and lesson 48, which tackle some of the finer points of Japanese consonants [n] and [h]. I talk...
2021-08-02 09:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening, Patrons!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have released the ground-up remake of Japanese Phonetics 5.1, the lesson on Japanese voice and speaking style (previously noted as 'vocal placement'), especially in comparison to American English voice and speaking style. This...
2021-07-16 11:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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Japanese Phonetics Index Page
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After much research and discussion with ...
2021-07-16 05:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope that this post finds you all well. I'm creating this post just to let everyone know what the next release of Japanese Phonetics will look like. If anyone has any questions with regards to this, feel free to let me know! Incidentally, the lessons that I'...
2021-06-29 04:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening Patrons!
How are your studies going? Today I am bringing you updated versions of Lessons 45 and Lesson 46, which now have high-quality native recordings. Lesson 45 addresses the small 'tsu', also known in Japanese as 促音 (そくおん), and how it effects other sounds. Lesso...
2021-06-18 13:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning Patrons! I hope this post finds you all well. Just wanted to let everyone know that we're currently live on YouTube at the following link:
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2021-06-07 00:01:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, patrons!
I have a few updates for you today, so I thought I would post a video covering these.
First, I have released new versions of Japanese Phonetics lesson 43 and ...
2021-06-01 05:54:05 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: Please see the updated post for current links to the Anki deck. This post is no longer being updated.
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You may remember that...
2021-05-26 00:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post