調

Meaning

調 centers on bringing things into proper alignment: tuning a musical instrument, setting a tone or meter, harmonizing elements, or preparing and arranging things so they work together smoothly. The investigative sense extends this idea to examining and adjusting facts until they fit.

• 調査ちょうさ
  N3

  investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

• 調べしらべ
  N1

  investigation; inspection; examination

• 調子ちょうし
  N4

  tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm

• 調整ちょうせい
  N3

  adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing; tailoring

• 体調たいちょう
  N3

  physical condition; state of health; shape

• 調べるしらべる
  N5

  to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search

• 強調きょうちょう
  N3

  emphasis; stress; highlighting; underlining; underscoring

• 調教ちょうきょう

  training (animals); breaking (animals)

• 調理ちょうり
  N1

  cooking; food preparation

• 調達ちょうたつ
  N1

  supply; provision; raising; procurement

• 順調じゅんちょう
  N3

  favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

• 口調くちょう

  tone (of voice); manner of talking

• 調節ちょうせつ
  N2

  regulation; adjustment; control

• 基調きちょう

  basic tone; underlying tone; basic theme; basis; keynote

• 不調ふちょう
  N2

  bad condition; poor condition; disorder; slump; being out of form

• 調和ちょうわ
  N1

  harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

• 好調こうちょう
  N1

  favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape

• 協調きょうちょう
  N2

  cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination

• 同調どうちょう
  N1

  conformity; alignment; agreement; sympathy; following suit

• 調停ちょうてい
  N1

  arbitration; conciliation; mediation

• 取り調べとりしらべ
  N1

  investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

• 空調くうちょう

  air conditioning

• 絶好調ぜっこうちょう

  in perfect form; going swimmingly

• 調書ちょうしょ

  protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

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