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05-24-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
Is the first a falling accent pitch and the second a rising?
Precisely.

The second meaning, which is what the phrase is used for in that video, is treated as a question all by itself. It says "Is this what you are going to say?" You say 「なにか?」 first and then follow it by what you think it is that the other person would want to say.


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