I was just wondering if there’s a simpler way to recognize what pitch you should use on a word aside from simply picking it up through native speakers or searching it up.
I’m completely fine if there is not a way, but I want to make sure that I’m not going to further lengths than necessary.
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This site lists some common patterns that may help you “guess” more accurately https://www.kanshudo.com/howto/pitch
But I assume past that you have to look it up or listen to someone.
A few years ago I subscribed to Dogen’s Patreon to get access to his series on pitch accents. I went through about a third of the videos before life got in the way and I fell off, but I really enjoyed his teaching style and a lot of what I watched has stuck with me.
The first few videos are available free on [his YouTube](https://youtu.be/jakXVEUTT48) as well, so you can watch and decide for yourself if his videos are for you.
Personal opinion: I think many new learners get way too obsessed with concepts like pitch accent instead of just focusing on learning vocabulary, grammar, talking to people, and just practicing.
I think this is something that most people will pick up naturally over time (even if you don’t sound like a native speaker)
Not trying to put down anyone who finds this an interesting thing to study, but I just feel like it’s not a particularly useful thing to spend a lot of times studying if the end goal is being able to communicate in and understand Japanese.
As an English learner, I sometimes use a site called Forvo to check the pronunciation and I found that there’s also Japanese ones there.
https://ja.forvo.com/languages/ja/