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Originally Posted by masaegu
I understand what you are trying to say here. What I do not understand is how this affected your answers when words were given all by themselves without any context. Among the ones you did not get correct, for exmple 町（まち）, the high pitch accent is on the ち. Were you putting the stress on the ま in your head for any reason? Or how is it even possible to place the stress on the first syllable and the high pitch accent on the second?
It is the "musical" pitch (high vs. low) in Japanese words that is the counterpart of the stress (strong vs. weak) in English words. 町 is pronounced like "do-mi", not "weak-strong" as in the English word "delay".
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I was randomly looking for weak-strong or strong-weak in Japanese and not thinking about the pitch at all, so yes, in my head, I was using the wrong stress. Which I never normally do! Long story short it was probably the result of a long day drilling students on intonation in English!
１． 色（いろ） ２．白（しろ） ３．黒（くろ）
４． 机（つくえ） ５． 椅子（いす）
６． 雲（くも） ７．雨（あめ） ８．雪（ゆき） ９．ゆき as a feminine name
１０． 北（きた） １１．来た（きた） １２．着た（きた） "wore"
１３． 買った（かった） １４．勝った（かった） "won"
１５． います １６． あります
１７． オタク １８． ポケモン
１９． 高い（たかい） ２０． 安い（やすい） ２１． きれい ２２． おいしい
２３． ロンドン ２４． パリ ２５． 東京（とうきょう） ２６． ヨークシャー
２７． テレビ ２８． コーラ ２９． コーヒー ３０． ラーメン