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Is the difference in pronunciations of Ōsaka in [Google
Translate](https://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%8A%E3%81%95%E3%81%8B%20%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AB)
different for the same reasons as
"[Sayaka](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24690/idina-menzel-
pronounces-sayaka-%E6%B2%99%E4%B9%9F%E5%8A%A0)" ?

I acknowledge this may be a dupe.
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pronunciation pitch-accent
Pronunciation of Ōsaka / 大阪 / おおさか / オオサカ
For the **_place name_** : おおさか【LHHH】

Reference: See under category 「近畿{きんき}」 in
<http://accent.u-biq.org/nihon.html>

For the **_family name_** : おおさか【HLLL】

Reference: None found. Just trust me if you could.

Pitch accents often differ between family names and place names (hat are
written the same way) though it is something not many Japanese-learners seem
to be aware of.

「渋谷{しぶや}」 is pronounced 「しぶや【LHH】」 as a place name and 「しぶや【HLL】」 as a family
name.

「上野{うえの}」, as a place name, is 「うえの【LHH】」, but as a family name, it is
「うえの【HLL】」.

The name 「さやか」 is pronounced 「さやか{HLL}」 by us native speakers, but quite a few
J-learners would pronounce it 「さやか{LHL}」.

**_NOTE: Needless to say, all pronunciations above are based on Standard
Japanese._**
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