Japanese Listening Practice | Mastering Mora, Japanese rhythm

There's an error.

In the second line of the second-to-last verse, the number of mora is 8, not 7.
So the correct count is:
５　つくろうヨ
８　ほたるのすみよい
５　あいかわを
Unlike the second-to-last verse, this one's second line cannot be fixed.

All hiragana, including small つ, ん, きゃ and long vowel have one mora each, the same length.
When you acquire the concept of mora, your Japanese will sound more natural.
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About Haiku:
Japanese haiku is rather difficult to write.
It has to contain one seasonal word, 季語（きご） in a haiku.
You can't have two seasonal words, but one.

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[richc.]

I don't know why/when the topic of pitch accent became such a controversy in the Japanese language learning community.. It is clearly an important part of the language and I think it is necessary if your goal is to be able to speak in a natural, native-like way. I'm still a beginner and have a lot more to learn to become fluent, but when I travel to Japan, I want to be able to converse with people with as little "American accent" as possible. It seems easier to learn a new language the correct way, rather than learn all the vocabulary and grammar and then have to go back and re-learn the authentic way to speak and use it.. This is why I signed up for Fumi-Sensei's online course long ago and I haven't looked back since.
ふみ先生、正しい発音を教えてくれてありがとうございます！

[jd]

木漏れ日
Such a beautiful term!

Don't know why I missed this video. So glad to see it now!

[Japchik]

Can we just appreciate how good the videos are? Fumi san, thank you for the videos! Also, congrats on 220k subscribers! I’m watching you since 190k subscribers, and all of the videos are awesome!

[dade_studies]

It took me a while and had to use a dictionary, but here is a haiku I wrote thinking about how it has felt with you as my 先生 on my Japanese learning journey:

感謝の葉
学びの庭に
咲く花よ

It's a bit poetic and cheesy, but was hard to find words that fit with the 5-7-5 pattern. :)

[arkadiuszkloczko]

Thank you for your work. I learn Japanese as a hobby and passed N3 last year. Unfortunately a topic of pitch accent is never brought up during my classes and people like you help me learn more about it. 心からありがとうございます。🙇

[Chocobooo]

I'm just starting to learn Japanese - heck, I can barely speak english - however, I love your videos. It's very uselful and relaxing at the same time. I can only say: arigatou gozaimashita!

[TheGreaterU]

I actually love pitch accent, I find Japanese as a language as wonderful to listen to and try to learn. I find the pitch accent creates a wonderful rolling sound to listen to.

[Plain]

Im Diné so i understand the stressing on certian syllables and sounds . Great video. My japanese journey is a slow steady pace but its great so far thanks for your vids

[sereneheavenxo]

this video is so relaxing i almost fell asleep. please use this microphone a lot. Thank you so much!

[mattkuk]

This is very good to learn Japanese ❤❤

[jennsuicune]

In French we don't have pitch except for end of the sentence (question, statement...) nor stress. We stress every syllable the same... Our grammar is more difficult

[doctorgradgrind]

Pitch accent makes Japanese easier, not harder, to understand. Japanese has relatively few distinct phonemes, as compared to English. Sentences would be highly ambiguous without pitch accent clues.

[drachenlachen]

Thanks for all your work! I love your videos although I‘m hardly able to understand all you say without subtitels. To embrace just all these difficulties and obstacles is a lovely idea. Thank you! I‘ll remain humble and learn every day a tiny luttle bit until I can write all this in a natural japanese! 😊

[تبيانصالح-خي]

شكرا على هذا الفيديو الرائع، لقد إستمتعت به حقا و إستفدت و أثمن نصيحة كانت "عليك إعطاء كل حرف المدة الخاصة به" اليابانية رائعة و انا استمتع بها جدا، إنني اراها مثل اللحن الجميل و التعبير عن المشاعر بها يبدو ممتعا، اعلم ان التحديات موجودة دائما و علينا ان نقبلها، شكرا لك إستمتعت بالمقطع، و قولك "انا اقرأ جميع التعليقات شجعني على كتابة هذا و زر الترجمة سيحل الآمر بالنسبة للجميع 😁

[ngames]

Pitch accent is definitely something worth understanding. I know your lessons have improved my Japanese greatly. Also, once we practice pitch accent it becomes a natural part of our Japanese and we don't really think about it when speaking.

[rosariomcallen]

Fumi san, can we return here live when we can see some fireflies? Love to see a live stream with some fireflies in the background.

[detroitshadowlands]

English is an amalgamation of words from multiple languages which makes it a nightmare to learn. At least in Japanese, vowels are pronounced the same in every word, unlike in English, where it depends on the historical origin of the particular word as well as the regional dialect...

[Preschoolyo-yo]

I prefer urban.
♥︎Fumi T! ❤thanks for the video.♥︎ I was keeping mind 「Just learn about it. Face it ~ it'll come to me」in YouTube-shorts too.
I ('m making) make almost daily to be able to study in English at your link someday. 😅🙃

[تبيانصالح-خي]

معلومة مشوقة: انا اجد صعوبة في عدم التشديد على الحروف اكثر من التشديد 😅. اعتقد ان اسلوبي هو السبب و إن كانت الحروف قوية في اللغة العربية 🔥

[Dr_Congo_WoW]

Hey, I was just wondering if you could help me with a cultural question I had about Japan?

When I was on Shikoku doing part of the Shikoku Ohenro, many of the shingon temples had stone-posts lining the walkways and entrances with what looked like dates or numbers on them. I remember a Monk telling me they were memories or markings of donations to the temple, but I cannot remember if this is true? Do you know?