| The accent must fall on the penult, if it was long, otherwise on the antepenult of the word. |
| A word bearing the acute upon the ultima is known as an oxytone, one with the acute upon the penult as a paroxytone, one with the acute upon the antepenult as a proparoxytone. |
| The main characteristic regarding accent in Japanese is that the highest accent is on the penult. |
| The first places stress either on the penult of the stem, or on the final syllable. |
| In such words the accent stands upon the penult, even though that be short. |
| If the ultima is long, and if the penult is accented, then it must be acute. |
