mood and tense
Linguistics term referring to the grammatical categories of mood and tense, often discussed together in Japanese grammar.
日本語の法と時の体系は英語と大きく異なる。
The mood and tense system of Japanese differs greatly from that of English.
Compound of 法 (ほう, 'mood' in grammar) and 時 (とき, 'tense'), joined by と ('and').