Compound of頭(atama,“head;start”) +‎高(taka,“high”) +‎型(kata,“form”), in reference to the firstmora of the word (the "head") having the highest pitch.^[1] Thetaka changes todaka as an instance ofrendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)), and similarly thekata changes togata as an instance ofrendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

• (Tokyo)あたまだかがた[àtámádákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]

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頭(あたま)高(だか)型(がた)• (atamadakagata) 

1. a pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the firstmora is high, followed by an immediatedownstep: the first syllable has high pitch and all subsequent syllables have low pitch

   Examples:

   • 会(あ)う(au,“to meet”)
   • かんべん(kanben,“pardon, apology”) (usually written in kanji:勘弁)
   • ホッチキス(hotchikisu,“stapler”)

• 平板型(へいばんがた)(heiban-gata)
• 中高型(なかだかがた)(nakadakagata)
• 尾(お)高型(だかがた)(odakagata)

• Japanese terms spelled with 頭 read as あたま
• Japanese terms spelled with 高 read as たか
• Japanese terms spelled with 型 read as かた
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• Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)
• Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent
• Japanese lemmas
• Japanese nouns
• Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
• Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
• Japanese terms with 3 kanji
• Japanese pitch accent

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