調子|ちょうしchoushi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
2. nounvein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
3. nouncondition; state of health; shape
   あなたの新あたらしい車くるまは調子ちょうしよく動うごいていますか。↗

   Is your new car behaving well?
4. nounimpetus; spur of the moment; strain
5. nountrend

• SynonymトーンNeutralLoanword mostly for tone of voice or colour, as in 「声のトーン」. 調子 is broader, also covering physical condition and momentum.
• Synonym容態ようだいWrittenA patient's medical condition, as in 「容態が急変する」. 調子 means physical condition in general.
• Synonym具合ぐあいNeutralThe condition of a body or machine, as in 「具合が悪い」. 調子 also covers momentum and rhythm.
• Synonym音ねNeutralA beautiful sound or tone, mostly for insect chirps and instruments, as in 「笛の音」. 調子 refers to pitch or condition.
• Synonym音調おんちょうWrittenWritten word for pitch of sound or melody. 調子 can also mean tone, but is more often used of one's condition.
• Synonym調ちょうWrittenRead 「みつぎ」, this word (also written 「調」) means tribute or taxes — unrelated to 調子 despite the shared kanji; not interchangeable.
• Related口調くちょうNeutralSpecifically the tone or manner of speaking, as in 「強い口調」. 調子 has a much wider range.
• Related語気ごきWrittenWritten word for the force and tone of speech, as in 「語気を強める」. 調子 is not limited to speaking.
• Related音色ねいろNeutralThe distinctive sound quality of an instrument or voice, as in 「ピアノの音色」. 調子 refers to pitch or condition.
• Related格調かくちょうWrittenThe style and dignity of writing or other works, as in 「格調高い」. 調子 has no sense of refinement.
• Related声色こわいろNeutralVoice quality or manner of speaking, and also imitating another person's voice, as in 「声色を使う」. 調子 is broader, also covering condition and momentum.
• Related響きひびきNeutralEchoes, resonance or lingering sound, and also the impression a word gives. 調子 focuses on pitch or condition.
• Related語調ごちょうWrittenWritten word for intonation and modulation in speech; in everyday speech say 「口調」.
• Related語勢ごせいWrittenWritten word for force or emphasis in speech; in everyday speech say 「語気」 or 「口調」.
• Related声調せいちょうWrittenWritten word for tone of voice or singing, and for the tones that distinguish meaning in languages like Chinese; for that latter sense 「調子」 is not normally used.
• Related声音こわねNeutralThe timbre or tone of a voice, as in 「優しい声音」. 調子 is broader.

Use 「調子」 for physical condition, momentum in an activity, or pitch and tone of sound. For the condition of a body or machine, 「具合」 also works. For tone of speech, use 「口調」; for tone of voice or colour, 「トーン」; for sound quality, 「音色」. The written alternatives (「音調」「語気」「語調」「語勢」「格調」「声調」「容態」) suit formal prose, and 「調」(みつぎ) is a different word entirely.

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1. 発音はつおん体たいの振動数しんどうすうの多少たしょうによって生しょうずる音おとの高低こうてい。
2. 音楽おんがくに用もちいる音おとの高たかさ。
3. 楽器がっきの調音ちょうおん法ほう。
4. 音階おんかいの調ちょう。
5. 音楽おんがくの旋律せんりつ、調しらべ、リズム。
6. 絵画かいがにおける色調しきちょうの異称いしょう。
7. 言語げんご音おんの高低こうてい。
8. はずみ、いきおい。
9. 行動こうどうの様態ようたい。
10. 身体しんたいや機器ききなどのぐあい、ほどあい。
11. 字句じくの言い回いいまわし、口調くちょう。
12. 雅楽ががく曲きょくの一ひとつ、管絃かんげん又または舞楽ぶがくを奏そうする際さい、最初さいしょに各かく楽器がっきの状態じょうたいを整ととのえるために奏そうする曲きょく。初はじめに笙しょう、次つぎに篳篥ひちりきがこれに和わし、終おえて笛ふえを奏そうし、最後さいごに絃楽器げんがっきを奏そうする。曲きょく体たいは各かく調ちょうにおいて皆みな異ことなっている。