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hó-n] ‘Japan,’ hón [ho-n] ‘book.’ In these cases, the

intonation often extends over the last two syllables.
When a vowel becomes unvoiced or dropped (like u in

arimásu ‘something exists,’ désu ‘something equals

something,’ and itashimásu ‘I do’), the intonation usually
covers the preceding syllable and the accent really

disappears: arimasu [a-ri-ma-s]. The accent appears again,
however, if the word is followed by another word as in

Arimásu ka ‘Are there any?’ and Arimásu ga… ‘There are, but….’
Hereare some examples of the accent on various syllables.

Listen for the pitch falls. Remember, the single phrases may
be joined together into longer phrases and the later accents

dropped.