Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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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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+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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## Phrase
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A phrase is part of a sentence which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings.
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