diff --git a/templates/Japanese sentences/Recognition/front.html b/templates/Japanese sentences/Recognition/front.html
index 385e1f3..5823760 100644
--- a/templates/Japanese sentences/Recognition/front.html	
+++ b/templates/Japanese sentences/Recognition/front.html	
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Fri Jul  7 06:33:50 PM UTC 2023
 </div> <!-- /wrap -->
 
 <div style="display:none;">
+    <div id="vocab_kanji">{{VocabKanji}}</div>
     <div id="pitchnum_hidden">{{VocabPitchNum}}</div>
     <div id="kanaword_hidden">{{kana:VocabFurigana}}</div>
 </div>
@@ -85,8 +86,21 @@ Fri Jul  7 06:33:50 PM UTC 2023
         if (vocab_kana === null) {
             return false;
         }
-        // small っ is one mora; ゃゅょ are parts of single mora
-        const n_moras = vocab_kana.innerHTML.replace(/[ャュョゃゅょ]/g, "").length;
+        let moras = vocab_kana.innerHTML
+            .replace(/[（(＜].*[＞)）]/, "") // remove （お）, (する), ＜する＞, ＜な＞, etc
+            .replace(/[ャュョゃゅょ]/g, "") // small っ is one mora; ゃゅょ are parts of single mora
+            .trim();
+
+        let n_moras;
+        // first determine if な is part of pronunciation or な-adjective (e.g. 女)
+        const vocab_kanji = document.getElementById("vocab_kanji").innerHTML.trim();
+        if (/な$/.test(vocab_kanji)) {
+            // な-adjectives don't change pitch
+            n_moras = moras.replace(/な$/, "").length;
+        } else {
+            n_moras = moras.length;
+        }
+
         if (n_moras == pitch_num) {
             return true;
         } else {