Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 は 絶ぜっ 好こう 調ちょう だ someone is in perfect form
Lately he's in perfect form.
絶ぜっ 好こう 調ちょう を 維い 持じ する to maintain peak form
She's been maintaining peak form this season.
絶ぜっ 好こう 調ちょう が 続つづ く the peak form continues
The team's winning streak of peak performance keeps going.
Kanji 絶 discontinue, sever, cut off 好 fond, pleasing, like something Related words 好調 means simply 'in good form/favorable', while 絶好調 is a stronger, more emphatic version meaning 'in absolutely perfect form'.
絶好調 means being in absolute peak condition, a stronger and more emphatic version of 快調 .
絶好調 describes being at peak, exceptional form, while 本調子 just means one's normal, standard form.
Opposites 絶不調 describes being in absolutely terrible form, the direct opposite of 絶好調 's absolutely perfect form.
不調 simply means 'in poor form/not going well', a milder opposite compared to the emphatic 絶好調 .
Etymology Compound of 絶 (ぜっ , 'absolute') + 好調 (こうちょう , 'good condition'). The reading ぜっこうちょう results from gemination (促音便 ) of 絶 (ぜつ ) before 好 (こう ).
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