noun
A grammatical mood used to express hypothetical, wished, or uncertain actions or states. In Japanese grammar, it is often discussed in contrast with 仮定法 (conditional mood).
See also: 仮定法
英語の「If I were you」は接続法の一例です。
English 'If I were you' is an example of the subjunctive mood.
The subjunctive mood is easily confused with the conditional mood.
Compound of 接続 (setsuzoku, 'connection, conjunction') and 法 (hō, 'method, law, mood'). The term was coined to translate the Western grammatical concept of the subjunctive mood, likely during the Meiji period when Western linguistics were introduced.