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For the word 九日 (ここのか{LHHH}), both OJAD and weblio agree on the pitch accent of the word itself, but for the particle that comes afterwords (say 九日の), they differ by this:

OJAD: ここのかの{LHHHH}
weblio: ここのかの{LHHHL}

From what I can see both sources seem fairly reliable, so does this mean that both pitches are considered standard?

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Sometimes a word does have multiple "valid" pitch accent patterns. Daijirin often lists multiple pitch downstep numbers for terms that have them, like, say, the entry for とらまえる, which lists patterns 4 and 3. That said, the Daijirin entry for ここのか only lists pitch pattern 4, with a downstep after the fourth mora.

Checking in my local copy of the NHK アクセント辞典, they list two patterns -- 4 for the noun, and 0 (no downstep) for the adverb. However, a bit confusingly, both entries (noun and adverb) include the same sample sentence:

あと​ココノカデ{LHHHL}期限が来る (noun)

あと​ココノカデ{LHHHH}期限が来る (adverb)

It seems that Daijirin wound up using one pattern, and OJAD the other, but if the NHK is anything to go by, it looks like both patterns 4 and 0 are recognized as correct.

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    The 2016 version of NHK lists them as 4 for the noun and 0 for the adverb and the examples correctly reflect that ココノカニ{LHHHL}退院した, ココノカ{LHHH}たった.
    – keji
    Apr 13, 2020 at 16:33
  • @keji -- I have electronic version 1.02, but frustratingly, I cannot find when this version was published. Good to know that they added better examples in the 2016 version. Apr 13, 2020 at 16:58
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I personally read 九日から like ここのかから【LHHHHH】, but ここのかから【LHHHLL】 is also acceptable. 九日の天気 is read both like ここのかのてんき【LHHHHHLL】 and ここのかのてんき【LHHHLHLL】, but I feel the former is more common.

Some words are pronunced in two ways depending on the speaker. See: ズボン pronunciation variation & explanation for and Are there any rules to the intonations they are discussing in this video?

FWIW, Google Translate agrees with me.

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