可か能のう法ほう

noun

potential mood

Linguistic term for the grammatical mood expressing ability or possibility. In Japanese grammar, often refers to the potential form of verbs (e.g., 読める, 食べられる).

• 日本にほん語ごの可か能のう法ほうは、動どう詞しの語ご幹かんに「られる」などを付つけて作つくります。

  The potential mood in Japanese is formed by attaching 'rareru' etc. to the verb stem.