Hey,
Just started a new textbook and came across these kind of bracket things around the furigana. Haven’t seen them anywhere before and couldn’t find a decent explanation in the book or elsewhere, can anyone enlighten me on what they are and how to understand them?
Thanks
by peter0100100
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Pitch accent markers, perhaps?
They’re pitch accent markers–the one on the left of the kana starts low and ends high, meaning there is an upward pitch inflection. The other one on the right of the kana (starts high ends low) is for downward pitch inflection.
What textbook is this if you don’t mind sharing the name?
Pitch accent notation, maybe?
Years of studying Japanese and I’ve never seen this before. You really do learn something new everyday lol.
Just so everyone knows, the Marugoto textbook also uses these pitch accent markers if you happen to use that* textbook and come across them.
Edit: Grammar
God I wish other Nihongo textbooks also had these pitch accent markers.
I still can’t quickly differentiate or pronounce 花 from 鼻 or 橋 from 箸, having it in visual form would have helped me more