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Do you usually listen to Japanese music?

The more you listen to Japanese,

the more you will notice patterns in Japanese pronunciation.

If you like a song, you can listen to it over and over, right?

To develop the habit of listening to Japanese,

try practicing listening to Japanese happily with your favorite songs.

This article describes the content of this course, which includes not only listening to Japanese, but also learning to transcribe Japanese and looking up unfamiliar kanji and meanings.

Features of songs recommended for studying Japanese :

• A slow tempo
• Easy-to-hear singing voice
• Lyrics containing kanji characters that could be understood by looking them up.

Want to listen to background music while reading this article?

Go ahead. ♡(*´·ω·)(·ω·`*)♡

Here we go!

The English pronunciation you usually speak has many strange sounds to us Japanese.

I am sure it is the same for you who are studying Japanese.

Now let's try an interesting experiment.

https://ondoku3.com/en/

This site will read aloud any text you type.

このサイトは、入力されたテキストを音読してくれます。

Although there are some parts where the intonation is a little robotic,

there is no problem in getting a feel for the pronunciation.

少しロボットのような発音になってしまう部分はあるけど、雰囲気を掴むには十分です。

More accurate pronunciation can be learned by listening repeatedly to the songs you will practice later.

イントネーションはこのあと練習する曲で学べます。

There are many videos that carefully explain Japanese pronunciation,

but I believe that learning through comparison with your everyday English is a more natural way to learn.

日本語の発音を解説した動画はたくさんありますが、

「日本語【だから】」より英語と日本語との【比較】を意識して学ぶ取り組み方を紹介します。

This is because if you constantly remind yourself to associate English with Japanese, you will be able to predict when you encounter a word you do not understand.

Can you pronounce the alphabet well?

I can't pronounce it well no matter how many times I practice.

So, let's hear the difference between the pronunciation of alphabets like English and that of alphabets like Japanese.

そこで、英語のようなアルファベットと日本語のようなアルファベットの発音の違いを聞いてみましょう。

You should be able to understand the image of Japanese-like pronunciation.

日本語的な発音のイメージがつかめるはずです。

Change the language at the top

English → 日本語

Enter the text you want to check

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z

👆このテキストをコピーして貼り付けてください。

Adjust speed

Set the speed slower, as it is easier to notice the difference if you pay attention to the way each letter of the alphabet is stretched.

アルファベットごとの伸ばし方に注目すると英語との違いに気づきやすいので、

速度をゆっくりにします。

Click on the ‘読み上げ’ button

(*^^*) What do you think? (*^^*)

If there is any English you are interested in, type it in!

(*^^*) What do you think? (*^^*)

If you are concerned about how robot-like the voice is pronounced,

change the language to English and check it out!

(*^^*) What do you think? (*^^*)

どう？

Interesting, isn't it?

面白いでしょ？？？

This site is free if you don't download the audio read out loud, so use it a lot.

このサイトは音声をダウンロードをしないで確認するだけなら無料なので沢山使ってみてください。

• What characteristics did you find?
• How did your mouth move when you said it out loud?
• How is your tongue positioned?

It might be interesting if you dare to pronounce the English you usually speak as if it were Japanese.

普段あなたが話す英語の発音を日本語【らしく】発音してみると面白いかもしれませんね。

Now that you have found English and Japanese pronunciation interesting,

let's get started on learning Japanese with songs by Japanese artists.

英語と日本語の発音の面白さに気づけたので、

さっそく日本のアーティストの曲で日本語を学ぶための準備をしましょう。

In this case, I will use the song 「恋だろ」 of 松下洸平(まつした こうへい) to illustrate.

今日は松下洸平の「恋だろ」という曲を使って解説します。

松下洸平 is also an actor in TV dramas.

I like his gentle atmosphere very much.

Search by

Artist Name song title 歌詞

Pay attention to the lyrics and choose songs.

Look up any unfamiliar kanji or words in the lyrics, and if they are all difficult words, you should avoid them.

まだ触れたことのない漢字を調べてみて、難しい意味ばかりだと避けたほうがいい

Write the notes in the following order

1. Transcribe the lyrics verbatim：【そのまま】
2. Write the reading on the second line：【読み方】
3. Translate into English and write on the third line：【英語】

Leave the fourth line blank and make notes in four-line units.

but

If you can guess the meaning and reading without looking up the Japanese, you can skip the steps described below.

The purpose of this article is to familiarize your ears with Japanese music by listening to it over and over.

😊

Please customize it to your current level of mastery.

POINT：

Also, reproduce the part with one-byte spaces.

半角スペースは開けてね

If you do not know the stroke order of the kanji,

you can check the following website.

https://kaku-navi.com/

If you don't know how to read a kanji, use 【Shirabe Jisho】, which I previously introduced in my Instagram, to check the reading.

もし、漢字の読み方が分からなくて検索できなかったら、

以前インスタで紹介した【Shirabe Jisho】を使って読み方を確認しよう。

You may be able to check the writing order by searching for 「ぼく」.

「ぼく」で検索すれば良さそうだね。

You can see the stroke order of the kanji in the video

動画で書き順を確認できます。

This is easy to understand ＼(^o^)／

分かりやすい＼(^o^)／

For you, the following three types of Kanji are expected to be mixed.

1. Kanji you already know
2. Kanji you figured out when you looked up in Step1
3. Kanji that you just can't figure out.

Note down all Kanji characters except 3 on the second line.

３以外の漢字は二行目にメモします。

Make a note directly below the corresponding Kanji.

漢字の真下にくるように書いてね

There is no problem if you make a mistake.

間違えても大丈夫です。

I may correct the reading with Step3.

My recommendation is to write with an erasable pen or mechanical pencil.

Step3で読み方を訂正することがあるので消せるペンかシャーペンで書くといいです。

Listen to the song to see how it reads.

読み方が同じかどうかを確認する

Check your answers to see if the second line you wrote down in Step2 is written correctly.

step2でメモした読み方が合っているかを確認します。

Words you didn't understand after looking them up can be clarified here.

分からなくて空欄にしていた漢字はここで明らかにしてメモしましょう。

You don't have to hear it all in one session.

Listen over and over again to hear the correct reading.

1回で全部聞く必要はありません。何度も繰り返し聞いて、正しい読み方を身につけましょう。

It is recommended that this also be written later with an erasable pen or mechanical pencil.

これも後から消せるペンやシャーペンで書くといいです。

The reason is that the more you understand the meaning of the lyrics, the more nuanced they become.

なぜかというと、

歌詞は意味を理解すればするほど感じ取るニュアンスが変わってくるからです。

The goal is to have a brief understanding of the content at the time of the first memo.

今回は１回目のメモなので、

内容を簡単に理解できることを目的にメモしていきます。

If you have any difficulty in translating, check with 【Deep L】, which was previously introduced in my Instagram.

もし、訳すのが難しい場合には

以前インスタで紹介した【Deep L】を使って読み方を確認しよう。

Don't worry if the translation comes out a little strange.

少し変でも問題ないです。

Once you have finished translating all the lyrics,

you can revise your translation based on the context before and after.

全ての歌詞を英語に訳し終えた時に、

前後の文脈から修正すれば大丈夫。

Completing lyrics line by line has the following advantages

歌詞を１行ずつ書き写し・読み方・英語訳を完成させながら

次の歌詞へと進めることで以下のメリットがあります

• You can hear many Japanese pronunciations by repeating
  • When you listen to the next line of lyrics, you already understand the lyrics of the previous line, so it's a good review.
• You can proceed at your own pace
  • You can research until you are satisfied and make a notebook with your notes in words that make sense to you.
• Learn pronunciation by listening to the song even before completing the notes.
  • Increasing the number of days you listen to Japanese pronunciation, even if only a little, will improve your listening skills.
• Create original song notes.
  • The experience of learning Japanese through your favorite songs is invaluable.
  • A notebook that takes time to make is a notebook that makes you feel more attached to it.
  • When you get attached to it, you will strangely want to read it over and over again!

Have fun and make song notes.

It might be interesting to add illustrations that you can imagine from the lyrics.

あなたの音楽ノートをインスタで見せてね(*^^*)

＼(^o^)／