Table 2. Minimal pair words with an initial phoneme /s/ or /ts/. Word meaning and auditory word familiarity are shown in parentheses and brackets, respectively
Word length (mora)
Accent pattern
Minimal pair words
/s/ word
/ts/ word
1
H
/sɯ/
(vinegar)
[4.78]
/tsɯ/
(harbor)
[3.94]
2
LH
/sɯrɯ/
(do)
[5.19]
/tsɯrɯ/
(fish)
[5.34]
3
LHL
/sɯnerɯ/
(sulk)
[5.66]
/tsɯnerɯ/
(pinch)
[5.78]
4
LHLL
/sɯmaɡoto/
(single-string harp)
[2.22]
/tsɯmaɡoto/
(multi-string harp)
[2.53]