起伏型
き
ふ
く
が
た
Meanings
1
accented word in Japanese pitch accent
Linguistics term for a word whose pitch pattern includes a drop (a downstep), as opposed to 平板型 (flat type). Contrasted with 頭高型, 中高型, and 尾高型, which specify where the drop occurs.
起伏型 is a term for words that have a pitch drop.
In Japanese accent, a distinction is made between 起伏型 and 平板型.