Japanese Phonetics #7: Free Japanese Phonetic Resources

Pronunciation Website: Forvo: Visual Pitch-Accent Dictionary (German). Thanks to Buddy! From P Chan: “For android users who don’t mind 縦書き表示, I came across a 大辞林 dictionary that includes the pitch accent chart, although its admittedly not as easy to switch between dictionary entries and the chart. May be worth a look on Google Play. (Please note this isn’t a free app) 大辞林｜ビッグローブ辞書：縦書き表示＆辞書をめくる感覚の検索“ --- Additional Windows support from Youtube user Xavier: For Windows (and linux?) users: You may have noticed the J-J dictionary used in this video is スーパー大辞林. Lucky for you, that dictionary is also available in EPWING format and is viewable through a program called qolibri, with the pitch accent numbers available just as in this video. Here is a picture of it in action with the same 先生 example as in the video, with the pitch accent indicator: Unfortunately it is not nearly as convenient as the mac version - it’s not built into the OS, it doesn’t have the handy dandy waveform chart, and the most common definition reading (せんせい) is not the first result. But unless you want to do Hackintosh or buy a Macbook it’s a decent alternative. Qolibri can be found at If you need dictionary files for it, you can get a huge pack of them here, including the aforementioned Super Daijirin: The seventh episode of ’Japanese Phonetics’, my new educational series dedicated to spoken Japanese--namely pitch-accent and pronunciation. In this episode I introduce several free resources you can use to supplement your Japanese pitch-accent / phonetic studies. Hope you guys are able to take a few things away from this episode! --- Note: I have made this video public as I am simply sharing various public Japanese phonetic resources. Episodes 4-6, and all upcoming Japanese Phonetics videos, will continue to be Patron exclusive. Thank you for your understanding! I’m hoping to make ’Japanese Phonetics’ the internet’s definitive guide to Japanese intonation / pitch-accent and pronunciation. If you like what you see here I would encourage you to check out the Patreon series! Thank you all for your continued support. Twitter: @YoutubeDogen Instagram: dogensensei Additional 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)