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test 1
test 1
test 1
test 1
Speech test
Please read the following sentence.
Record it on your phone and send the audio file by email.
Speech test
Please read the following sentence.
Record it on your phone and send the audio file by email.

prominence
accent
accent
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日本語発音ラボ
Japanese Pronunciation Laboratory
アンカー 1
Compound word accent

Listen to the audio and try to imitate it.
Letter in red: mora with an akusento-kaku (a pitch fall); zero-gata has no accent. When after the rule is applied and the akusento-kaku falls on the second part of a long vowel -, small っ or ん, it is shifted to the preceding mora.

ドイツ、スウェーデン、インドネシア、タイ
ドイツ語、スウェーデン語、インドネシア語、タイ語
ドイツ人、スウェーデン人、インドネシア人、タイ人
The following compound words have no accent. Listen to the audio and try to imitate it.

留学先、就職先、進学先、連絡先
工事中、営業中、使用中、休憩中
領収書、証明書、履歴書、教科書
国際化、一般化、合理化、進化
The following compound words have accent. Listen to the audio and try to imitate it.
Pay attention to the location of the akusento-kaku.
Letter in red: mora with an akusento-kaku (a pitch fall); zero-gata has no accent. When after the rule is applied and the akusento-kaku falls on the second part of a long vowel -, small っ or ん, it is shifted to the preceding mora.

会議室、研究室、待合室、教室
新年会、忘年会、飲み会、二次会
観覧車、救急車、自動車、自転車
成人式、結婚式、卒業式、修了式
The following compound words have accent. Listen to the audio and try to imitate it.
Pay attention to the location of the akusento-kaku.
Letter in red: mora with an akusento-kaku

一人暮らし、田舎暮らし、都会暮らし、貧乏暮らし
東京土産、京都土産、沖縄土産、鳥取土産
小学校、中学校、高等学校、専門学校
Listen to the following conversation.
あきた appears three times in the conversation, but the accent is different. きりたんぽ also appears three times with different accent. Think about the reason why the accent is different.

Listen carefully to the audio and try to imitate it.
A1 秋田は何が有名ですか。
B1 秋田名物ですか。
B1 食べ物だと、きりたんぽが有名ですね。
B1 これはきりたんぽで作ったきりたんぽ鍋です。
A2 おいしそうですね。
B2 ええ、おいしいですよ。
A3 どこで食べられますか。
B3 秋田駅の近くに、おいしい店があります。
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