JAccent: Japanese dict with AI 4+

Excellent. Seems to have improved heiban vs odaka

There are only four basic pitch patterns, and initially it seemed that this reference conflated two of them. (For example, Japanese hashi (端 edge) can be distinguished from hashi (橋 bridge) by whether the following particle will stay high or drop low.) There is now a clear notation for the latter (odaka) pattern. With this aspect fixed, I’d say JAccent is now THE reference app for its niche. It has additional promising-looking features that I haven’t really begun to explore.

Developer Response ,

Hi Spandrelf, thank you for your feedback. We will continue research about distinguishing between Heiban and Odaka patterns. In the mean time, we are developing the pitch accent generator for entire the sentence. After this function released, I hope that will help you to distinguish them.

Please use this app if you are learning Japanese

This app is incredibly helpful when studying Kanji. It shows you how to write and pronounce (with pitch accent) which is vital for reading and writing. However, the written search function can be a little peculiar with how you write the kanji when you search for it. Also, a setting to slow the writing directions just a little bit (like a scale) would be nice. Overall, incredibly helpful!
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Support for Odaka

Hi. I love your app! It’s one of the few out there that provide a convenient source for pitch accents of words. One thing that is needed though would be a distinguishing feature between Heiban and Odaka patterns. By not being able to distinguish them, it forces others to find another resource. Other than that, It’s one of the few and best resources out there for learning pitch accent.

Developer Response ,

Hi Ethan,
Thank you for your feedback. We will continue research about distinguishing between Heiban and Odaka patterns.
In the mean time, we are developing the pitch accent generator for entire the sentence.
After this function released, I hope that will help you to distinguish them.