public java.lang.String getPhrase() {
      java.lang.Object ref = phrase_;
      if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
        phrase_ = s;
        return s;
      } else {
        return (java.lang.String) ref;
      }
    }
<pre>
The phrase to which the customization is applied.
The phrase can be multiple words, such as proper nouns, but shouldn't span
the length of the sentence.
</pre>

<code>optional string phrase = 1;</code>

@return The phrase.
java-texttospeech/proto-google-cloud-texttospeech-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/texttospeech/v1/CustomPronunciationParams.java