N5/beginner - Pitch Accent… かみ…Hair?! Paper?! or God?!

17/12/2021 2 min Temporada 5 Episodio 5

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Episode Synopsis

This short episode is suitable for N5/beginner. It’s a short introduction of Japanese pitch accent… there are 3 words with the same ひらがな. But one of them has a different pitch accent…! Can you hear the difference?

1. かみ/髪 Hair
髪 か↓ み↑

2. かみ/紙 Paper
紙 か↓ み↑

*1 and 2 have the same pitch accent, from low to high.

3. かみ/神 God
神 か↑ み↓

3 has a different accent, from high to low.

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