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So apparently 決行-けっこう (to carry out) and 欠航-けっこう (cancelled) are pronounced the same way? Or does one of them have a different pitch accent pattern? At least Google translate pronounced them the same. This seems problematic for a situation like the following, since you can't tell from context: https://youtu.be/J2vVPpbEdH0?t=21

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    At least for me, "決行" is definitely not the first word that comes to mind in a situation like this... – Skye-AT Aug 05 '21 at 13:28
  • That video is hilarious. In those kind of situations, I think the only way to get the point across is to 言い換える. – istrasci Aug 05 '21 at 17:14
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    In actual Japanese, 決行 = "to daringly 実行". A ship cannot be 実行-ed so there's no chance to confuse this pair. – broccoli facemask Aug 09 '21 at 03:17

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決行 and 欠航 are pronounced the same, but you can tell which is used from the context. Simply, 決行 is not a word used in a situation like the one in that video. Note that the person on the right is supposed to be a traveler who doesn't speak Japanese like a native speaker.

決行 means holding a public/social event or carrying out a plan/operation determinedly despite some obstacle (typically bad weather). Here "event" includes a live concert, a sport game, a competition, a strike action, a military operation, and so on, but not a departure of a ferry/airplane.

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決行 (けっこう{LHHH}) and 欠航 (けっこう{LHHH}) are both of level pitch. No other options are offered by NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 or 大辞林.

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