Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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- ~{にほ\ん}**~{_は}**
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- ~{にほん}**~{^の}** !!!
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-### Non-stressed nouns
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+### Heiban nouns
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After non-stressed (heiban) nouns, the behaviour is different based on how long the whole postposition is. If it's only one mora, it keeps its heiban pattern:
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- ~{わたし}
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- ~{い\い}**~{_です}**
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- ~{い\い}**~{_ね}**
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-Postpositions which change the adjecive (inflections) usually move the stress one step backwards:
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+Postpositions which change the adjecive (inflections) change the pitch pattern depending on adjective's length:
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+| Form | 2 moras | 3 moras | 4+ moras |
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- ~{わる\い}
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- ~{わ\る}**~{_く}**
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- ~{よ\}**~{_ければ}**
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- ~{よ}**~{^さそ\う}**
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+### Heiban i-adjectives
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+A small group of i-adjectives have the heiban pitch pattern, but it's becoming more common for them to behave the same way as stressed i-adjectives, especially for younger native Japanese speakers. Regardless, they are:
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## Verb phrases
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