JLPT N2 · Noun

アクセント (akusento)

アクセント is a Japanese noun meaning “accent (on a syllable, word); stress”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: アクセント
Romaji: akusento
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

Australiaという語のアクセントはどこですか。

Where do you place the stress in the word "Australia"?

Tatoeba #234882

彼のアクセントから判断すると、彼は関西の出身だ。

Judging from his accent, he is from Kansai.

Tatoeba #118441

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1015310 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.