Pochiren

A practice app for standard Japanese pitch accent

Pochiren — Standard Japanese Accent Practice

Record your own voice and easily practice standard Japanese pitch accent, without connecting to the internet.

Coming soon to Google Play

Let's take it one step at a time, together.

Why Pochiren

The Pochiren home screen. A round Practice button sits at the bottom center of the screen.

Simple to use, nothing to figure out

Most of the time, all you do is tap the round button in the center of the screen.
You can keep practicing without moving your finger.

You don't have to think about what to practice next, either.
The app gives you the practice you need.

The practice screen. Right after you record, your pitch line and the result appear.

Each practice takes only a moment

We kept both start-up time and practice time short.
Practice casually, whenever you have a spare moment.

One practice takes about two seconds.
Repeat it to make the correct standard Japanese accent your own.

Practice the accent of whole sentences

Even after you learn the standard accent of each word,
the accent often changes in a sentence, so it can be hard to use.

With Pochiren, you practice words together with sentences used in daily life.
By repeating the words you use every day,
you naturally get used to the standard Japanese accent.

No communication with the outside

Your recording is checked on your phone and deleted right away. Nothing is kept.
Because the app doesn't talk to the outside, you can play without Wi-Fi.

* Only when you sign up for a subscription such as a monthly plan does Google Play communicate. Pochiren itself has no network permission at all.

Pochiren does not label your pronunciation with a score, and it does not judge where you are from or whether your way of speaking is good or bad.