nominative case
Grammatical term for the case that marks the subject of a sentence. In Japanese, typically indicated by the particle が.
日本語では、主格は「が」で表されることが多い。
In Japanese, the nominative case is often marked by 'ga'.
subject complement
Compound of 主 (shu, 'main, principal') and 格 (kaku, 'case, grammatical case'). A straightforward Sino-Japanese term for the nominative case.