On Monday, I explained the meaning differences among かわいいそうだ、かわいそうだ、かわいいらしい、かわいらしい. Today, I will talk about the sounds.

If you are looking at written phrases, the differences look like whether they have い or いい in the middle, or in other words, how long you hold the sound い, but in reality, you need to pay attention to when the pitch goes up and down.

_か^わい_い^そ_{うだ or か}^わい_いそうだ

…seems cute

_{か^わいいら^しい or か}^わい_いらしい

It seem … is cute

_か^わいそ_うだ

feel sorry for…

_か^わいらし_い

… is cute (to everyone)