Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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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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-| Word | Reading | Pronunciation | Moras | Mora count |
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-| 先生 | せんせい | seɴseː | せ・ん・せ・い | 4 |
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-| です | です | desɯ̥ | で・す | 2 |
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-| 優しい | やさしい | jasaɕiː | や・さ・し・い | 4 |
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-| 合唱 | がっしょう | gaɕːoː | が・っ・しょ・う | 4 |
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-| パーティー | パーティー | paːtiː | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 |
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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 |
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+| 優しい | やさしい | や・さ・し・い | 4 |
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+| 合唱 | がっしょう | が・っ・しょ・う | 4 |
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+| パーティー | パーティー | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 |
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Note: a plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae". I will be using the fist version as it's more inline with english plural rules
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