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Note: there are a very small number of 中高 verbs that exhibit their accents on the third mora from the end of the word, rather than the second from the end of the word. This occurs when the second to last mora is a long vowel (ー) or the trailing vowel of a double vowel set, such as the え sounds in both 蘇る（よみがえる）and 考える (かんがえる) (in both of these words the え comes immediately after another vowel, あ). These kind of special sounds force the downstep to shift back one mora, as in yoMIGAeru and kaNGAeru (rule listed in shinmeikai Nihongi Akusento Jiten Second edition, appendix 1 page 55). Apologies for not including this information in the lesson, this is a rather advanced rule which is not commonly covered in pitch-accent resources.

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Japanese Phonetics Index Page 

Good evening Patrons! The twenty-second episode of Japanese Phonetics is live! In this lesson I address the pitch-accent patterns for the various conjugations of nakadaka verbs.

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Dogen