Pitch accent: the beat is the unit

Eight words

Click a cell, then look at the curve.

In a sentence

How the word sounds in a sentence. Tap the line to hear it all, tap the highlighted word to hear just that part.

1. ねこ、がいます。ねこ · neko☆
2. えき、でまちます。えき · eki☆
3. やま、がみえます。やま · yama☆
4. かわ、があります。かわ · kawa☆
5. はな、がさきました。はな · hana☆
6. さくら、がさいています。さくら · sakura☆
7. おかし、をかいました。おかし · okashi☆
8. あなた、がすきです。あなた · anata☆

Pitch curve, mora by mora

The vertical axis is relative height inside the word (not absolute Hz); letters are the measured H/L. Absolute values are in the table below.

How to practise

• Start with heiban: やま, かわ — mora 1 low, then stay high.
• Atamadaka is the opposite: ねこ, えき — high on mora 1, drop on mora 2.
• Nakadaka rises then falls: あなた is L-H-L.
• Always judge with a particle (が / は): bare words make heiban and odaka look identical.

Where these numbers come from

F0 per mora = the voiced span split into N equal parts (N = mora count), median of each. H/L = each mora against the word mean. Mora boundaries are not annotated, so the split is an approximation — which is why the page only reports high/low, not precise Hz per mora. Note also that devoiced morae (か, さ, し, く …) have no periodicity of their own — Praat interpolates along the pitch track, so those points show direction only.