Practicing pitch-accent is on the rise among Japanese learners
Listen closely to a Japanese speaker say "chopsticks" and "bridge" (both "hashi") and see if you can tell the difference. If you can, that's thanks to pitch-accent.
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Source: japantimes.co.jp