Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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It's a phrase which has a stressed mora. In practice, heiban is consider non-stressed and atamadaka, nakadaka, and odaka are considered stressed
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## Weak mora
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-It's a mora
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+It's a mora which cannot be stressed, even if it otherwise would following the regular rules. っ and ん are never stressed and therefore are considered weak. Additionaly, for some long vowels/glides the second mora is considered weak, but it's not always the case. Examples:
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+- **~{せんせ\い}** (先生) - **ん** and **い** are weak moras
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