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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

I suspect you should just learn Japanese phonetics. Japanese phonology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That is everything you need to know about pronunciation, short of pitch accent, which is something you can only learn by speaking with natives.

And honestly, it's not really important to being understood, either. My pitch accent is not the best, but I have never been misunderstood by making a pitch error. I've been misunderstood by using words inelegantly, but not by making pitch errors.

you suspect correctly.