へいばんがた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of へいばんがた – see the following entry.

[noun] (phonetics) monotone type: the most common pitch accent pattern in “standard” Japanese or 標(ひょう)準(じゅん)語(ご) (hyōjungo), as used in the mass media, where no syllable is accented: the first syllable has a low pitch and all subsequent syllables have a higher, gradually lowering pitch

(This term, へいばんがた (heibangata), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)