Illustration: In a small community-center conversation room, a Japanese teacher speaks a short phrase to an adult learner seated opposite her. Her mouth is caught at the final syllable, eyebrows lifted, and one hand rises smoothly from chest level toward her chin.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

イントネーション

intoneeshon

intonation

Example sentences

  1. 英語えいごを話はなす時ときは、もっとイントネーションに注意ちゅういしなさい。

    Pay more attention to intonation when you speak English.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 歌うたの旋律せんりつはもともと地歌じうたの本拠地ほんきょちであった関西方言かんさいほうげんのイントネーションを基盤きばんにしている。

    The melody of the song is based on the intonation of the dialect in Kansai, where jiuta originally developed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょのイントネーションから推おすに少女時代しょうじょじだいはスペイン語圏ごけんに住すんでいたと思おもわれる。

    You can tell by her intonation that she lived in a Spanish speaking country when she was young.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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