叙じょ法ほう

noun

way of describing; mode of expression

General noun for a manner of describing or narrating something. Not a common everyday word; more likely in discussions about style or rhetoric.

• この作さっ家かの叙じょ法ほうは独どく特とくで、読どく者しゃを引ひき込こむ。

  This author's way of describing things is unique and draws the reader in.

noun

mood (grammar)

Linguistics term for grammatical mood (indicative, subjunctive, etc.). Used in technical contexts; cross-referenced with 法 (sense 3).

See also: 法

• 日本にほん語ごの叙じょ法ほうには、命めい令れい形けいや仮か定てい形けいなどがある。

  Japanese grammatical moods include the imperative form and the conditional form.