Talk:地震

Homophones
Are all the homophones listed truly homophones in Japanese? Wyang (talk) 04:59, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, they are normally considered homophones. Some say the first consonant of 地 (ぢ) should be different from that of 自 (じ), but they are hardly distinguished by native speakers. To be more precise, is pronounced  as opposed to  of  and others, though. Because accents depend on context and dialects, they are not normally considered as factors deciding homophones in Japanese. Whym (talk) 03:35, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I see. My concern was that those words had different pitch accent patterns. Your reply has addressed my concern. Thank you. Wyang (talk) 03:40, 29 April 2014 (UTC)