It definitely isn’t where the down step is, but it’s where the pitch rises in all 3 words
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Yes, the initial rise in pitch isnt as dramatic as drops in pitch, however, so it’s better to concentrate on how the words are different than how they are similar. Incidentally the first and second mora always have different pitch in Japanese words.
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Is there any data / dictionary for the Japanese pitch-accent pattern?
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Yes, I teach pitch-accent in detail in video form like this on my Patreon. As far as dictionaries the NHK and Shinmeikai pitch-accent dictionaries are quite good!
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Stupid question but is this the same at the end of sentences or questions? Is there anything that would affect this or is this fixed?
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The basic pitch-accent pattern usually stays more or less the same, but in questions a rising inflection is added to that same pitch-accent pattern. Incidentally I talk about this phenomenon in detail in lesson 28th of my series. Cheers!
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I can happily say, for whatever reason, I seem to have picked up a majority of words with correct pitch accents before being aware of pitch accents at all. Maybe all the different dialects in norwegian trained me well with pitch patterns in sentences?
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Yes! Norwegian is also a pitch-accent language, so you’re much better off than native English speakers.
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Is it repeating vowel causes repeating pitch and different vowel causes it to modulate?
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There are a whole ton of different factors. With regards to repeating vowels, a downstep can never occur on the second vowel of two consecutive vowels—this is the kind of thing I teach on my Patreon, if you're interested. Cheers!
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