Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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### Stressed nouns
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After stressed nouns, most postpositions will follow the low pattern:
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-- 先生
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+- **先生**
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- ~{せんせ\い}
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- ~{せんせ\い}**~{_は}**
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- ~{せんせ\い}**~{_の}**
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Keep in mind it also applies to odaka:
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-- 花
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+- **花**
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- ~{はな\}
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- ~{はな\}**~{_は}**
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- ~{はな\}**~{_ですよね}**
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One very important exception is **日本** when paired with **〜の**:
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-- 日本
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+- **日本**
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- ~{にほ\ん}
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- ~{にほ\ん}**~{_は}**
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- ~{にほん}**~{^の}** !!!
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### Heiban nouns
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After non-stressed (heiban) nouns, the behaviour is different based on how long the whole postposition is. If it's only one mora, it keeps its heiban pattern:
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-- 私
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+- **私**
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- ~{わたし}
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- ~{わたし}**~{^は}**
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- ~{わたし}**~{^の}**
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However, if the whole postposition is two or more moras long, the first mora of the postposition is stressed:
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-- 私 (cont'd)
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+- **私** (cont'd)
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- ~{わたし}**~{^に\は}**
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- ~{わたし}**~{^で\す}**
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- ~{わたし}**~{^な\のよ}**
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Two important exceptions from this rule are **〜から** and **〜だけ**, which behave like one mora particles[^kara-dake]:
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-- 私 (cont'd)
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+- **私** (cont'd)
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- ~{わたし}**~{^から}** ・~{わたし}**~{^だけ}**
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- ~{わたし}**~{^から\です}**・~{わたし}**~{^だけ\です}**
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- ~{わたし}**~{^から\の}** ・~{わたし}**~{^だけ\の}**
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## Na-adjective phrases
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Generally, the same rules as for nouns apply. So for stressed na-adjectives the pattern continues with the low pitch:
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-- 綺麗
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+- **綺麗**
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- ~{き\れい}
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- ~{き\れい}**~{_な}**
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- ~{き\れい}**~{_に}**
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While for heiban, only the first mora of the postposition is high:
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-- 簡単
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- ~{かんたん}
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- ~{かんたん}**~{^な}**
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- ~{かんたん}**~{^に}**
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Please note that the negation of na-adjectives (and also nouns for this matter) isn't considered a single phrase and therefore the above rules do not apply[^ja-nai]:
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-- 綺麗 (cont'd)
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+- **綺麗** (cont'd)
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- ~{き\れい}**~{_じゃ}　~{な\い}**
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+- **簡単** (cont'd)
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- ~{かんたん}**~{^じゃ}　~{な\い}**
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### Stressed i-adjectives
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Postpositions which are not changing the adjective (particles, です etc.) stay low:
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-- ~{い\い} (良い)
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-- ~{い\い}**~{_です}**
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-- ~{い\い}**~{_ね}**
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+- **良い**
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+ - ~{い\い}
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+ - ~{い\い}**~{_です}**
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+ - ~{い\い}**~{_ね}**
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Postpositions which change the adjecive (inflections) change the pitch pattern depending on adjective's length:
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| Form | 2 moras | 3 moras | 4+ moras |
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| ---- | ------- | ------- | -------- |
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-- ~{わる\い} (悪い)
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_く}**
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_くて}**
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_くない}**
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_くなくて}**
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_かった}**
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_くなかった}**
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-- ~{わ\る}**~{_さ}**
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+- **悪い**
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+ - ~{わる\い}
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_く}**
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_くて}**
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_くない}**
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_くなくて}**
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_かった}**
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_くなかった}**
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+ - ~{わ\る}**~{_さ}**
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And:
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-- ~{たのし\い} (楽しい)
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_く}**
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_くて}**
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_くない}**
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_くなくて}**
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_かった}**
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_くなかった}**
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-- ~{たの\し}**~{_さ}**
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+- **楽しい**
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+ - ~{たのし\い}
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_く}**
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_くて}**
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_くない}**
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_くなくて}**
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_かった}**
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_くなかった}**
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+ - ~{たの\し}**~{_さ}**
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With the exceptions being:
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-- ~{わる}**~{^そ\う}**
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-- ~{わる\}**~{_ければ}**
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-- ~{たのし}**~{^そ\う}**
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+ - ~{わる}**~{^そ\う}**
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+ - ~{わる\}**~{_ければ}**
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+ - ~{たのし}**~{^そ\う}**
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+ - ~{たのし\}**~{_ければ}**
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Obviously it doesn't apply if the i-adjective is only two moras long:
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> [田中]{たなか}さんは　[毎日]{まいにち}　[東京]{とうきょう}から　[大阪]{おおさか}まで　[電車]{でんしゃ}で　[通]{かよ}っています
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-> ~{たなかさんは　ま\いにち　と/うきょうから　おおさかま\で　で/んしゃで　かよっていま\す}
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+> ~{たなかさんは　ま\いにち　と/うきょうから　おおさかま\で　で/んしゃで　かよっていま\す}
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+*[cont'd]: Continued
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