Japanese Accent
Study Website

hito1hito2hito3

ENGLISH TOP PAGE

Features of Japanese Accent

Each mora in a word has a pitch (high or low).

 たし ,

Accents of Particles are determined by the preceding noun.

   → さを
 けいけいを
   →

Compound words, derivative words, etc. are different from the originals in accents.

 ちゅうごくちゅうごくじん
 くらいくら

Accents differ according to part-of-speech.

 ばんです
 ちばんです

Accents vary from region to region.

 Tokyo (Standard Japanese) → がとう
 Osaka → ありが
 Nagoya → ありとう