noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
nasalization
Linguistic term referring to a sound change where an oral sound becomes nasal, or the addition of nasal resonance. Used as a noun or with する to describe the process.
日本語では、母音の鼻音化はあまり見られない。
In Japanese, nasalization of vowels is rarely observed.
この方言では、語末
In this dialect, the preceding vowel becomes nasalized due to the influence of the final 'n'.