アクセント (Akusento) — accent (on a syllable, word) · Japanese Dictionary · Nantoka

Akusento

アクセント (Akusento) is a Japanese noun meaning “accent (on a syllable, word), stress, pitch accent, intonation”.

Meanings

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

Examples

この語のアクセントはどこにあるか。
How is the word accented?
その語のアクセントは第二音節にある。
The accent of the word is on the second syllable.
この語のアクセントは第２音節にある。
The accent of this word is on the second syllable.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).