Pitch, rhythm, and the two English sounds Japanese never makes — no kanji required.

Pitch and rhythm are the difference between being politely tolerated and being understood — and they can be trained in weeks, unlike vocabulary.

By the end

You will hear and produce Japanese pitch accents, mora-timed rhythm, and devoiced vowels accurately enough to pass for a careful learner — and to be understood on the first try.

Who this is for

Adult learners who can read hiragana and know some words but whose speech still sounds flat, clipped, or 'foreign' to Japanese ears.