noun
potential form
Grammatical term for the verb form expressing ability or possibility, e.g. 食べられる, 行ける.
「食べられる」は「食べる」の可能形です。
"食べられる" is the potential form of "食べる".
可能形の作り方を教えてください。
Please teach me how to make the potential form.
使役形 is the causative form, while 可能形 is the potential form.
Compound of 可能 (kanō, 'possible') and 形 (kei, 'form').