上じょう昇しょう調ちょう

noun

rising intonation; rising tone

Linguistic term for a pitch pattern that rises, used in phonetics and language teaching.

• 日本にほん語ごの疑ぎ問もん文ぶんでは、文ぶん末まつが上じょう昇しょう調ちょうになることが多おおい。

  In Japanese questions, the end of the sentence often has a rising intonation.