下か降こう調ちょう

noun

falling intonation; falling tone

Linguistic term for a pitch pattern that falls at the end of a phrase or word. Used in phonetics and prosody.

• 日本にほん語ごの疑ぎ問もん文ぶんでは、文ぶん末まつが下か降こう調ちょうになることが多おおい。

  In Japanese interrogative sentences, the end of the sentence often has a falling intonation.