調ちょう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
Music
1. key
2. mode (in gagaku)
Suffix
3. time; tempo; rhythm
4. meter (of a poem); metre
5. style; form; mood; pattern
Noun
Historical
6. tax in kind (paid with locally produced goods; under the ritsuryō system)
Kanji used
tone
Pitch accent
ちょ
う
Top 9400
Used in vocabulary (138 in total)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
physical condition; state of health; shape
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
cooking; food preparation
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
training (animals); breaking (animals)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
regulation; adjustment; control
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
pace; step; cadence
in perfect form; going swimmingly
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
tuning (an instrument); temperament
air conditioning
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
preparing a prescription; compounding a medicine
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
method of cooking; way of cooking; cooking technique; recipe
signature; signing; sealing
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
color tone; colour tone
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
making up a prescription; dispensing a prescription; preparing a medicine
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
atmosphere; mood; sentiment
modulation; change of key
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inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone
convenient; useful; handy; helpful
perfume blending; fragrance mixing
making (to order); preparation; manufacture
one's best form
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
tuning (a stringed instrument)
gradation; gradient
gekiga style; manga style characterized by bold lines and dramatic composition
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
pastel-colored; pastel-coloured; in pastel shades
traditional tune
seven-and-five-syllable meter
sad sound; plaintive melody
firm (market); bullish; strong (sales, economy, etc.); steady; sound
keynote; predominant element; main point
commanding attitude; authoritative tone
articulation; tuning (a musical instrument)
writing style
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
poetic style typical of Man'yōshū
corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryō system)
tone of an image
polytonality; polytonalism
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
(in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking
five and seven-syllable meter
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
chemical seasoning
haircut; barbering
reactionary tendency; revivalist mood; tendency to revert to old customs
weak (market); bearish; soft (tone, focus) (photography)
style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)
mixing colors; toning
governor (device); speed regulator
popular music; vulgar music
ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
party policy research
key signature
translationese; translatese; translatorese
ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
(being) free of chemical seasoning (esp. MSG)
just intonation; pure intonation
reexamination; reinvestigation
banshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
climax; peak; zenith; apex
taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
rising intonation; rising tone
falling intonation; falling tone
mixture; preparation
outdoor air handling unit; outdoor air handler
start-stop synchronization
epistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru"
Fougere fragrance (family of scents including coumarin, oak moss, lavender, and geranium oil, used in perfumes)
Chypre fragrance (family of scents including sage, lavender, and oak moss, used in perfumes)
calm condition; normal condition
unfavourable condition; adverse position
(machine) belt
harmonic (wave)
high-contrast (photography); hard tone; bullish (market); firm
chōfu-maki (traditional Japanese sweet)
playing the koto
tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission
mottled (cloth color); speckled; grainy
desiccant; moisture absorbent