Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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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[^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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-| Word | Reading | Moras | Mora count |
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-| 先生 | せんせい | せ・ん・せ・い | 4 |
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-| です | です | で・す | 2 |
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-| 優しい | やさしい | や・さ・し・い | 4 |
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-| 合唱 | がっしょう | が・っ・しょ・う | 4 |
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-| パーティー | パーティー | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 |
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-| さぁ | さあ | さ・あ | 2 |
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+| Word | Reading | Moras | Mora count | Explanation |
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+| 先生 | せんせい | せ・ん・せ・い | 4 | **ん** and **い** are its own moras |
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+| です | です | で・す | 2 | |
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+| 優しい | やさしい | や・さ・し・い | 4 | |
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+| 合唱 | がっしょう | が・っ・しょ・う | 4 | |
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+| パーティー | パーティー | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 | |
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+| さぁ | さあ | さ・あ | 2 | |
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[^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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