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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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| 1 | 1 | # Definitions |
| 2 | 2 | In order to facilitate and streamline the explanation of pitch accent behaviour in Japanese, the following terms are used |
| 3 | 3 | ## Mora |
| 4 | -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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| 4 | +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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| 6 | -| Word | Reading | Moras [^1] | Mora count | |
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| 6 | +| Word | Reading | Moras | Mora count | |
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| 7 | 7 | | ---- | ------- | ----- | ---------- | |
| 8 | 8 | | 先生 | せんせい | せ・ん・せ・い | 4 | |
| 9 | 9 | | です | です | で・す | 2 | |