– [3]) IPA(key): [ho̞ːʑiɾɯ̟] Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「<span class="searchmatch">報じる</span>」 報(ほう)じる • (hōjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 報(ほう)じ (hōji), past 報(ほう)じた...
long sound erroneously traced back to Middle Chinese -ng: 報ずる (hōzuru) → <span class="searchmatch">報じる</span> (hōjiru, “to report”), 投ずる (tōzuru) → 投じる (tōjiru, “to throw”), as well as...