noun
past tense; preterit tense
Grammatical term referring to the verb form that expresses past time. Used in linguistics and language study.
英語の過去時制は、動詞の形を変えて表します。
The English past tense is expressed by changing the form of the verb.
この文では過去時制が使われています。
The past tense is used in this sentence.
Compound of 過去 (past) and 時制 (tense), a straightforward Sino-Japanese term for the grammatical concept of past tense.