Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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# Definitions
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## Mora
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A mora is the shortest unit of length in Japanese phonology. Every open syllable is a mora, long syllables are two moras, ん and っ are it's own moras too. A rule of thumb is that, when written in kana, each character represents a separate mora (with an exception of small ゃゅょ)
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-せんせい - 4 moras: せ　ん　せ　い
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-です - 2 moras: で　す
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-やさしい - 4 moras: や　さ　し　い
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-がっしょう - 4 moras: が　っ　しょ　う
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+- せんせい - 4 moras: せ　ん　せ　い
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+- です - 2 moras: で　す
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+- やさしい - 4 moras: や　さ　し　い
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+- がっしょう - 4 moras: が　っ　しょ　う
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## Phrase
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A phrase is part of a sentence which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.