So apparently 決行-けっこう (to carry out) and 欠航-けっこう (cancelled) are pronounced
the same way? Or does one of them have a different pitch accent pattern? At
least Google translate pronounced them the same. This seems problematic for a
situation like the following, since you can't tell from context:
<https://youtu.be/J2vVPpbEdH0?t=21>
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How do you tell the difference between 決行 and 欠航?
決行 (けっこう{LHHH}) and 欠航 (けっこう{LHHH}) are both of level pitch. No other options
are offered by NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 or 大辞林.
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決行 and 欠航 are pronounced the same, but you _can_ tell which is used from the
context. Simply, 決行 is not a word used in a situation like the one in that
video. Note that the person on the right is supposed to be a traveler who
doesn't speak Japanese like a native speaker.

決行 means holding a public/social event or carrying out a plan/operation
determinedly despite some obstacle (typically bad weather). Here "event"
includes a live concert, a sport game, a competition, a strike action, a
military operation, and so on, but not a departure of a ferry/airplane.
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