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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
Guess: So underwear is パンツ with the pitch being HL, while the fashionable word for things worn below the waistline with two leg pieces is パンツ with the pitch being HH? (maybe it's HHL vs HHH, I'm not sure how to mark the pitch of ン)
This is just a guess since I don't have access to a dictionary that has pitch accent markings. (Wish I knew of one online.)
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It is difficult to talk about pitch accents with words but what you stated looks good. For "underwear", the パ receives a clear high pitch accent. For the other meaning, it is kind of flat all the way.
パンツ (
underwear) : Same pitch accent as 「ライス」「合図」「ライム」 「債務」
パンツ (
pants) : Same pitch accent as 「あいつ」「パイプ」「こいつ」「とんち」
As for an online pitch accent dictionary, I found a fairly comprehensive one many months ago and gave it to Maxwel in a thread. I failed to keep it for myself and now I cannot seem to find it.