Chart of short verbs' pitch accent patterns

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I used the OJAD Suzuki-kun tool to make this.

I’m not sure if I’m going to do something more with this, but I slapped it together to see what differences there might be, and thought others might be interested too.

Basically it the different types of 2 mora verbs’ pitch accent patterns.

There’s

する - heiban irregular
くる - atamadaka irregular
乗る - heiban godan
着る - heiban ichidan
切る - atamadaka godan
見る - atamadaka ichidan

BTW, I don’t know why some things have a gray-highlighted mora. I couldn’t find an explanation on the website. If anyone knows, that would be cool.

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*EDIT: I also just noticed that the tool is reading 来させる as きさせる. Not sure why that is. I believe it should be こさせる. But feel free to just pretend it’s a こ, I believe the pitch accent pattern is correct.

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This is pretty cool, thanks for putting it together

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I believe they represent unvoiced vowels, but I can’t remember whether I read this somewhere or just concluded from frequent use.

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That would certainly make sense. Thanks.

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Nice! I just found Suzuki Kun today and I was going to share it and then up popped this post. Love the chart! Thanks!

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Can I ask some dumb questions :slight_smile: How are these actually read? (Sorry!) Suzuki-Kun doesn’t tell you!
Does the red one with arrow pointing down mean falling tone?
Shaded red?
Line across hiragana?
Thanks!

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The squiggly line above each one shows you where the pitch rises and falls. The red part above a hiragana indicates a downstep. You will see it fall gradually even without a downstep. This is because Japanese is not truly “flat” even when it is not a downstep. Every mora that doesn’t have a rise or a downstep will fall very slightly.

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Thanks old bean!

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