格調|かくちょうkakuchou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountone (of speech, writing, etc.); style

• SynonymトーンNeutralLoanword for pitch, color tone or the mood of speech; colloquial, and it just describes the tone without judging whether something is refined or elegant.
• Related調子ちょうしNeutralThe most versatile of these words: tune, mood or physical condition, as in 「体の調子」. It is not specifically about the dignity of a work, which is what 「格調」 conveys.
• Related口調くちょうNeutralThe tone or manner of someone's speech — how a person talks. It does not comment on the class or refinement of a work.
• Related語気ごきNeutralThe force or intensity of one's tone when speaking, as in 「語気を強める」; it centers on that vigor rather than on elegance.
• Related語調ごちょうNeutralThe intonation or rise and fall of the voice in speech; it is about pitch and modulation, not about the refinement of a work.

Use 「格調」 for the dignity and refinement that a piece of writing, a work or a performance exudes, as in 「格調高い文章」. For an ordinary tone say 「調子」 or 「トーン」; for the way someone speaks, 「口調」 or 「語気」.

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1. 作品さくひんから味あじわうことのできる品格ひんかく。