genitive case; adnominal case
Rare grammatical term referring to the case that marks a noun as modifying another noun, similar to the genitive or adnominal case. Often equated with 属格 (ぞっかく).
See also: 属格
The Japanese particle 'no' is sometimes considered a particle that marks the genitive case.
言語学の授業で、連体格と属格はほぼ同じ意味で使われると習った。
In linguistics class, I learned that 連体格 and 属格 are used almost interchangeably.
Compound of 連体 (rentai, 'adnominal') + 格 (kaku, 'case'). The term is used in Japanese grammar to describe the case of a noun that modifies another noun.