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, 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)
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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)
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- せんせい - 4 moras: せ　ん　せ　い
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- です - 2 moras: で　す
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- やさしい - 4 moras: や　さ　し　い
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- がっしょう - 4 moras: が　っ　しょ　う
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-- パーティー - 4 moras: パ　ー　ティ　ー (pa a ti i)
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+- パーティー - 4 moras: パ　ー　ティ　ー
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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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