noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
vowel shortening
Linguistics term for the shortening of a vowel sound, often contrasted with 長呼 (ちょうこ, vowel lengthening). Used as a noun or with する.
See also: 長呼
日本語の歴史では、母音の短呼が起こった例がある。
In the history of Japanese, there are cases where vowel shortening occurred.
In this dialect, long vowels tend to be shortened.