Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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Where:
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- 山口さんは
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- - 山口 - core meaning word (surname)
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- - さん - honorific suffix
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- - は - particle
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+ - 山口 -- core meaning word (surname)
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+ - さん -- suffix (honorific)
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+ - は -- particle (topic)
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- 日本人ですか
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- - 日本人 - core meaning word
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- - です - copula
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- - か - particle
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+ - 日本人 -- core meaning word
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+ - です -- copula (to be)
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+ - か -- particle (question)
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Therefore the whole sentence would be stressed like this:
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> ~{やま\ぐちさんは}　~{にほんじ\んですか}