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Turn your Japanese pitch accent notes into flashcards

Pre-made pitch accent decks cover the common words, but your course probably drills different ones. Upload your own material and DeckOwl builds flashcards from it.

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Why a custom deck beats a generic one

Pitch accent is the part of Japanese that many learners put off until a listener looks puzzled, because the high and low tones change the meaning of a word. Ready-made Anki decks with pitch accent cover the standard vocabulary, which helps, but a class often tests the words in its own unit.

Upload a lesson PDF, slides, DOCX, plain notes, or a photo of a page.
Get flashcards with spaced repetition, so weak accent patterns come back more often.
Export to Anki on Plus; the free plan studies in the browser only.
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Example Japanese pitch accent flashcards

What are the four main pitch accent pattern types in Tokyo Japanese?Atamadaka, nakadaka, odaka, and heiban · Atamadaka drops after the first mora · Nakadaka drops in the middle · Odaka drops on the last mora without a particle, and heiban has no drop.

What does heiban mean in Japanese pitch accent?A flat pattern where the first mora is low, the rest rise and stay high, and a following particle also stays high with no drop.

Is Japanese pitch accent the same as English stress?No. Japanese pitch accent uses a high-low tone per mora and a drop can distinguish words, while English stress mainly uses loudness, length, and vowel quality.

What is a mora in Japanese?The timing unit of the sound system, roughly one kana sound. Long vowels, the syllabic n, and the small tsu each count as one mora.

What does the number in a dictionary accent notation like [2] or [0] mean?The number gives the mora after which the pitch drops, and 0 means no drop, which is the heiban pattern.

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Built from your material

Upload PDFs, PowerPoint slides, DOCX files, plain notes, or photos of a textbook page. Pattern charts and example words are read and turned into cards.

Spaced repetition

Cards you miss come back sooner, and cards you know fade to longer gaps, so accent patterns stick without rereading the whole list.

Export to Anki

On Plus, export your cards to Anki along with CSV and PDF. Free accounts study in the browser without exports.

How it works

Upload your notes or slides

Add the lesson PDF, slide deck, or a photo of your pitch accent chart. Plain typed notes work too.

Review the generated cards

Check the accent patterns and example words against your textbook or instructor's list, and edit any card that looks off.

Study or export

Study in the browser with spaced repetition, or export to Anki on Plus to keep the deck on your own devices.

A deck built from your own material keeps the pattern notation your course uses, whether that is the NHK-style drop number or a simple high-low diagram. You can start from a lecture PDF or a photo of the board, and the cards follow the words you actually need to learn.

Once the cards exist, spaced repetition handles the review schedule. Check new cards against your notes each week so the deck tracks what you cover in class.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the main pitch accent pattern types in Tokyo Japanese?

Words are usually grouped as atamadaka (the pitch drops after the first mora), nakadaka (it drops in the middle), odaka (it drops on the last mora when a particle is not attached), and heiban (there is no drop). Learning the pattern type with each word is more useful than memorizing isolated pitch shapes.

How many pitch accent cards should I make at once?

Start with the words from one lesson, around 20 to 40, so you can check each card's accent against your notes. Adding more cards after the first week is easier once you know the patterns are right.

Can I export my pitch accent deck to Anki?

Yes, Anki export is included on the Plus plan at $39 per year or $7.99 per month. The free plan lets you study in the browser but does not allow exports.

Does DeckOwl work from a photo of a textbook page?

Yes, photos of pages are read with text recognition, so you can upload a picture of an accent chart or a vocabulary list. Check the generated cards afterward, since recognition can misread small kana or accent marks.

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