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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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| 17 | 17 | | さぁ | さあ | さ・あ | 2 | Even though **ぁ** is a small kana character, it's used here to make **さ** long, therefore it is considered a separate mora | |
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| 19 | 19 | [^moras]: |
| 20 | - A plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae" ([source](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mora)). I will be using the fist version as it's more in line with the English plural rules |
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| 20 | + A plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae" ([source](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mora)). I will be using the first version as it's more in line with the English plural rules |
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| 22 | 22 | ## Phrase |
| 23 | 23 | A phrase is part of a sentence with distinct meanign and gramatical function, 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. |