it’s pitch accent. There’s nothing different about the sounds the characters make (ka and ki or a and me), but the pitch contour is different. For extra fun, those pitch accent patterns vary across Japan and may be opposite in some places.
Yeah that’s what was explained to me but the differences were so subtle I can barely hear them. At least with the way the Japanese person spoke them to me.
it’s pitch accent. There’s nothing different about the sounds the characters make (ka and ki or a and me), but the pitch contour is different. For extra fun, those pitch accent patterns vary across Japan and may be opposite in some places.
Yeah that’s what was explained to me but the differences were so subtle I can barely hear them. At least with the way the Japanese person spoke them to me.
Yeah, you just need to practice listening. It’s hard to train your ears for sounds/features not in your native language.