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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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| 4 | 4 | # Definitions |
| 5 | 5 | In order to facilitate and streamline the explanation of pitch accent behaviour in Japanese, the following terms are used |
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| 7 | +## Heiban, atamadaka, nakadaka, and odaka |
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| 7 | 9 | ## Mora |
| 8 | 10 | 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. As a rule of thumb, when written in kana, each character represents a separate mora (with an exception of small **ゃゅょ** and sometimes **ぁぃぅぇぉ**) |
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