Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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- ~{かんたん}**~{^じゃ} ~{な\い}**
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[^ja-nai]:
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- Even more annoyingly, if **じゃない** is used to affirmate instead of negating (which often contracts to **じゃん**), it is considered a postposition as a whole: ~{き\れい}**~{_じゃない}**, ~{かんたん}**~{^じゃ\ない}**. This makes it a pitch accent minimal pair (~{かんたん}~{^じゃ\ない} - It's easy; ~{かんたん}~{^じゃ}~{な\い} - It's not easy)
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+ Even more annoyingly, if **じゃない** is used to affirmate instead of negating (which often contracts to **じゃん**), it is considered a postposition as a whole: ~{き\れい}**~{_じゃない}**, ~{かんたん}**~{^じゃ\ない}**. This makes it a pitch accent minimal pair
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+ ~{かんたん}~{^じゃ\ない} - It's easy
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+ ~{かんたん}~{^じゃ}~{な\い} - It's not easy
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