仮か定てい法ほう

noun

subjunctive mood

Grammatical term referring to the subjunctive mood, used to express hypothetical, wished, or contrary-to-fact situations. In Japanese, this often corresponds to conditional forms like 〜ば, 〜たら, or 〜なら.

• 英えい語ごの仮か定てい法ほうは、日本にほん語ごの条じょう件けん表ひょう現げんと完かん全ぜんには一いっ致ちしない。

  The English subjunctive mood does not completely correspond to Japanese conditional expressions.

• 仮か定てい法ほう過か去こ完かん了りょうは、過か去この事じ実じつに反はんする仮か定ていを表あらわす。

  The past perfect subjunctive expresses a hypothesis contrary to past facts.