Pitch Accents in JPN
- 平板-heiban
- slightly lower pitch on first mora, all remaining mora high. following particles remain high.
- 頭高-atamadaka
- opposite of heiban; higher pitch on first mora, all remaning mora low. following particles remain low.
- 尾高-odaka
- similar to heiban; lower pitch on first mora, all remaining mora high. following particles are low.
- 中高-nakadaka
- all nakadaka words have at least three mora. lower pitch on first mora, high pitch on second mora. may drop to on third mora, forth mora, etc. following particles remain low.