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アクセント

linguisticsnounnoun (generic)music

Meanings

accent (on a syllable, word), stress, pitch accent
intonation, inflection, cadence
(language) accent (e.g. American, British)
accent (e.g. in a design), highlight, emphasis
accent (on a note)

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Example sentences

日本語にほんごのアクセントは地域ちいきによって異ことなります。

The accent of Japanese differs by region.

彼女かのじょの英語えいごのアクセントはとても美うつくしかった。

Her English accent was very beautiful.

この単語たんごのアクセントがどこに置おかれるか分わからない。

I don't know where the accent is placed in this word.

インテリアデザインにアクセントをつけるため、赤あかいクッションを一ひとつ加くわえた。

I added one red cushion to give the interior design an accent.

標準語ひょうじゅんごと方言ほうげんではアクセントの体系たいけいが大おおきく異ことなることが言語学的げんごがくてきに証明しょうめいされている。

It has been linguistically proven that the accent systems of standard language and dialects differ greatly.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)