The fundamental frequency of words with devoiced syllables was measured in order to see how the conflict between devoicing and the pitch accent is resolved in Tokyo Japanese. Previous studies found that the pitch after the devoiced accented syllable is elevated in order to compensate for the loss of the accent. Earlier results [M. Kitahara, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 3195 (1997)] show that the pitch elevation occurs only when there is no phrasal high tone before the devoiced region. The present study further eliminates the possibility of accent shifting by controlling the moraic structure of target words. They contain one or two devoiceable syllables and a moraic nasal in front of the devoiceable region. Four speakers of Tokyo Japanese pronounced target words embedded in a carrier phrase. If the accent shifts away from the devoiced syllable, pitch elevation should not occur because the accent is realized somewhere else. Preliminary analysis of the data shows that the accent on the devoiced syllable is not shifted but simply lost under these conditions because the moraic nasal cannot bear an accent in Tokyo Japanese. This result is discussed in connection with intra- and interspeaker variations of the accentual pattern.