past tense
Grammatical term referring to the verb form that expresses past actions or states.
英語の過去形は、動詞の形を変えて表すことが多い。
In English, the past tense is often expressed by changing the verb form.
「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.