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Are there known pitch accent rules or patterns for determining the pitch
accent of verb stems? Things like:

> 見る ⟶ 見
>
> 殺す ⟶ 殺し
>
> 呼ぶ ⟶ 呼び
>
> 泳ぐ ⟶ 泳ぎ
>
> 書く ⟶ 書き
>
> 読む ⟶ 読み
>
> 死ぬ ⟶ 死に
>
> 走る ⟶ 走り
>
> 待つ ⟶ 待ち
>
> 使う ⟶ 使い
>
> 行く ⟶ 行き
>
> 来る ⟶ 来
>
> する ⟶ し

I've been playing around with examples on
[OJAD](https://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/phrasing/index), and while at
first it seemed like Heiban verbs have Heiban stems and downstep verbs retain
their downstep at the same mora position...eventually I found several counter-
examples.
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Pitch Accent Rule for Verb Stems?
Of those listed, I would recognize only the following as valid nouns in their
own right (with 書き slightly off the borderline in my judgment).

> 殺す [ころす]{LHH} → 殺し [ころし□]{LHHH}  
>  泳ぐ [およぐ]{LHL} → 泳ぎ [およぎ□]{LHHL}  
>  読む [よむ]{HL} → 読み [よみ□]{LHL}  
>  走る [はしる]{LHL} → 走り [はしり□]{LHHL}  
>  待つ [まつ]{HL} → 待ち [まち□]{LHL}  
>  使う [つかう]{LHH} → 使い [つかい□]{LHHH}  
>  行く [いく]{LH} → 行き [いき□]{LHH}

From these limited samples, it seems that:

They all end high, and:

  * stays high on the particle that follows (if it does), if the verb ends high (in its dictionary form)
  * goes down on the particle that follows (if it does), if the verb ends low (in its dictionary form)

Those listed above are all Group-I verbs (or u-verbs). I checked some Group-II
verbs (or ru-verbs) and found that many follow this pattern.

> 教える [おしえる]{LHHH} → 教え [おしえ□]{LHHH}  
>  届ける [とどける]{LHHL} → 届け [とどけ□]{LHHL}  
>  借りる [かりる]{LHH} → 借り [かり□]{LHH}

However, I also found a few exceptions (in both Group-I and II).

> 頑張る [がんばる]{LHHL} → 頑張り [がんばり□]{LHHHH}  
>  着替える [きがえる]{LHHL} → 着替え [きがえ□]{LHHH}

[NHK](https://sakura-
paris.org/dict/NHK%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%99%BA%E9%9F%B3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E8%BE%9E%E5%85%B8/prefix/%E3%81%8C%E3%82%93%E3%81%B0%E3%82%8A)
lists [がんばり□]{LHHHL} and [がんばり□]{LHHLL}, too, but [がんばり□]{LHHHL}, which would
conform to the pattern, seems the least common.

着替える is a compound verb if this matters. 替える has a different accent.
([きがえる]{LHHH} doesn’t sound too bad, either.)

> 替える [かえる]{LHH} → 替え [かえ□]{LHHH}

When these nouns are combined with other words, they may take on different
accents.

> 平泳ぎ [ひらおよぎ□]{LHHLLL}  
>  立ち読み [たちよみ□]{LHHHH}

Conclusion: There seems to be no definite rule, but the above might serve as a
guideline.
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