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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
| ... | ... | @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A mora is the shortest unit of length in Japanese phonology. Every open syllable |
| 9 | 9 | | です | です | で・す | 2 | **す** is its own mora even if pronounced with voiceless **u** | |
| 10 | 10 | | 優しい | やさしい | や・さ・し・い | 4 | **い** is its own mora even though it makes **し** long | |
| 11 | 11 | | 合唱 | がっしょう | が・っ・しょ・う | 4 | **っ** is always a separate mora; **しょ** is one mora because **ょ** only changes the vowel from **i** to **o** | |
| 12 | -| パーティー | パーティー | パ・ー・ティ・ー | 4 | **ー** is always a separate mora (long vowels are two moras long); **ティ** is one mora because **ィ** only changes the vowel from **e** to **i** | |
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| 12 | +| パーティー | パーティー | <span style="white-space: nowrap">パ・ー・ティ・ー</span> | 4 | **ー** is always a separate mora (long vowels are two moras long); **ティ** is one mora because **ィ** only changes the vowel from **e** to **i** | |
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| 13 | 13 | | さぁ | さあ | さ・あ | 2 | Even though **ぁ** is a small kana character, it represents an elongation of a sound, therefore is considered a separate mora | |
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| 15 | 15 | [^moras]: A plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae" ([source](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mora)). I will be using the fist version as it's more in line with the English plural rules |