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The purpose of this study is to explain phonological opacities related to pre-nasalization in the northern Tohoku Japanese by using combinations of constraints within the framework of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993/2002). To explain these opacities, I propose a cup-joined complex constraint [Dep(nas)∪Id(Lar)]seg and a if-joined complex constraint [Dep(nas)→Id(Lar)]seg. This study shows the underapplication opacity caused by an interaction between pre-nasalization and voicing in the northern Dohoku Japanese can be explained using the cup-joined complex constraint [Dep(nas)∪Id(Lar)]seg. And the overapplication opacity caused by an interaction between pre-nasalization and devoicing can be explained using the if-joined complex constraint [Dep(nas)→Id(Lar)]seg within the framework of Optimality Theory without abandoning parallelism..