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I hear some people pronounce both 居る and 要る low-HIGH, and others I have heard
pronouncing 居る as HIGH-low. Can you clarify whether these are correct, if the
variations are regional or not, or if there is some other explanation for
variation? お願いします！
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What is the intonation variation for 居る vs 要る?
In Standard Japanese both words are pronounced 「いる{LH}」.

In Nagoya which is where I currently reside, however, 「居る」("to be, to stay")
is pronounced 「いる{HL}」 and 「要る」("to be necessary") is pronounced 「いる{LH}」.

So, your observation seems correct. Accents change regionally just like the
colors of miso soup change regionally.

The words that are pronounced 「いる{HL}」 instead in Standard Japanese are
「炒る」("to roast"), 「射る」("to shoot an arrow"), 「鋳る」("to cast metal"), etc.
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