>>55277889You have that exactly opposite. In English we often stress random syllables in words and it's kind of arbitrary, something you pick up easily as a native speaker but is very noticeable when an ESL does it.
Japanese is pretty similar although it does have a pretty strong reputation for being "flat". Korone is a good example of someone who bucks that trend and gets a lot of attention for pronouncing words weirdly
>ho-TA-te, te-TA-hoShe does the down-up-down stressing a lot.
