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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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| 1 | 1 | # Definitions |
| 2 | 2 | In order to facilitate and streamline the explanation of pitch accent behaviour in Japanese, the following terms are used |
| 3 | 3 | ## Mora |
| 4 | -A mora is the shortest unit of length in Japanese phonology. Every open syllable is a mora, long syllables are two moras[^1], even if spelled with **ー**. **ん** and **っ** are also considered separate moras. A rule of thumb is, when written in kana, each character represents a separate mora (with an exception of small ゃゅょ and ぁぃぅぇぉ used for non-standard sounds) |
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| 4 | +A mora is the shortest unit of length in Japanese phonology. Every open syllable is a mora, long syllables are two moras[^moras], even if spelled with **ー**. **ん** and **っ** are also considered separate moras. A rule of thumb is, when written in kana, each character represents a separate mora (with an exception of small ゃゅょ and ぁぃぅぇぉ used for non-standard sounds) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Word | Reading | Moras | Mora count | |
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| 11 | 11 | | 合唱 | がっしょう | が・っ・しょ・う | 4 | |
| 12 | 12 | | パーティー | パーティー | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 | |
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| 14 | -[^1]: 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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| 14 | +[^moras]: 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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| 16 | 16 | ## Phrase |
| 17 | 17 | 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. |