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The 15 pages that link to Mora, each with the reason it gives.

• WakaRelated: Waka counts morae, not syllables, despite the common shorthand of thirty-one syllables.

• HaikuRelated: Morae explain why Japanese 5–7–5 verse does not map neatly onto syllable counts.

• Tonal languageRelated: Morae can serve as tone-bearing units in languages with moraic tone.

• KanaRelated: Kana characters generally correspond to morae, not simply to syllables.

• Japanese poetryNarrower topic: Traditional Japanese verse counts morae rather than English-style syllables.

• SyllabaryRelated: Some writing systems encode morae rather than whole syllables.

• Tone (linguistics)Related: Some languages assign tone to morae rather than whole syllables.

• Japanese languageNarrower topic: Japanese rhythm is commonly analyzed in morae rather than syllables.

• Japanese phonologyNarrower topic: Japanese timing counts morae, so a long vowel or final nasal can occupy an extra beat.

• KigoRelated: Haiku count morae rather than syllables, shaping how seasonal words fit into a poem.

• Man'yōganaRelated: Japanese sound patterns are commonly analyzed in morae, clarifying what kana signs came to represent.

• Masaoka ShikiRelated: Mora counts clarify the rhythmic patterns underlying Japanese verse.

• HiraganaRelated: Each basic hiragana character represents one mora, not necessarily one syllable.

• Compensatory lengtheningNarrower topic: A lost mora can be reassigned to a neighboring vowel or consonant.

• Osthoff's lawRelated: Moraic analysis offers one way to describe the quantity pattern affected by the law.