調子 – Vocabulary details

調ちょう子し

Meanings

Noun

1. tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm

2. vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack

3. condition; state of health

4. impetus; spur of the moment; strain

5. trend

Kanji used

調

tone

子

child

Pitch accent

ちょ

うし

Used in: 4894

Composed of

調ちょう

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

子し

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

Used in vocabulary (34 in total)

調ちょう子しに乗のる

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

調ちょう子しが悪わるい

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

本ほん調ちょう子し

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

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Examples (18 in total)

トム、調ちょう子しはいかがですか？

Tom, how are things?

「調ちょう子しはどう？」「悪わるくはない」

"How are you doing?" "Not bad."

お仕し事ごとの調ちょう子しはどうですか。

How is your work getting along?