noun
past tense
Grammatical term referring to the verb form that expresses past actions or states.
英語の過去形は、動詞に -ed を付けることが多い。
In English, the past tense often adds -ed to the verb.
「食べた」は「食べる」の過去形です。
"Tabeta" is the past tense of "taberu."
Future tense form; Japanese does not have a distinct future tense, so this term is mainly used for languages like English.
Compound of 過去 (kako, 'past') and 形 (kei, 'form'). A straightforward calque from Western grammatical terminology.