Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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# Definitions
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In order to facilitate and streamline the explanation of pitch accent behaviour in Japanese, the following terms are used
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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, 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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+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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-| Word | Reading | Moras [^1] | Mora count |
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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 |