Japanese word

アクセント

Pronunciation

Romajiakusento

日本語では、アクセントの位置で意味が変わる言葉があります。nihon go de wa a ku se n to no i chi de i mi ga ka wa ru koto ba ga a ri ma su

In Japanese, some words change meaning depending on their pitch accent.

辞書で単語を調べるときは、アクセントにも注目してください。ji sho de tan go o shira be ru to ki wa a ku se n to ni mo chū moku shi te ku da sa i

When you look up a word in a dictionary, pay attention to its pitch accent as well.

Marks the pattern of high and low pitch that distinguishes a word in speech.

イントネーションintonēshon: The pattern of changing pitch across an utterance that conveys sentence structure or attitude.

語の中で音の高さが変化する位置や、その変化の型を示す発音上の特徴。go no naka de oto no taka sa ga hen ka su ru i chi ya so no hen ka no kata o shime su hatsu on jō no toku chō

アクセント (akusento) is a loanword from English accent, which comes from Latin accentus, meaning a tone or emphasis in speech.

Unlike English stress accent, Japanese pitch accent distinguishes words mainly through changes in pitch rather than stronger force or louder volume.