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Upon reflecting on the word 油揚げ I noticed I always heared it stringed completely together when pronounced, so あぶらーげ instead of あぶら・あげ (basically, the a is held and doesn’t restart again). [Forvo confirms this](https://forvo.com/search/%E6%B2%B9%E6%8F%9A%E3%81%92/ja/). But then I reflected on the word 唐揚げ and was almost certain that it’s never connected like 油揚げ is, it’s more like から・あげ (basically, the あ does restart again, even in fast speech, it might be subtle sometimes but it’s definitely there), again [forvo agrees](https://forvo.com/search/%E5%94%90%E6%8F%9A%E3%81%92/).
Now, after consulting [youglish I realized that 油揚げ is sometimes pronounced “chopped up” ](https://youglish.com/pronounce/%E6%B2%B9%E6%8F%9A%E3%81%92/japanese)as I call it (あぶら・あげ), but more often it’s indeed fully connected (あぶらーげ), [while 唐揚げ is 100% of the time “chopped up”](https://youglish.com/pronounce/%E5%94%90%E6%8F%9A%E3%81%92/japanese).
Am I hearing it correctly? If so, is there any reason 油揚げ can connect the ら to the あ completely while in 唐揚げ cannot? Are there other words like this? Is there any pronunciation rule to this? And lastly, is there any resource that covers these minute details of pronunciation? Because a normal dictonary won’t tell you this stuff (this is a rare case where I feel like the kana alone is not enough to know how it is pronounced).