調ちょう和わ

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調和する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	調ちょう和わする	調ちょう和わしない
Polite	調ちょう和わします	調ちょう和わしません
Past polite	調ちょう和わしました	調ちょう和わしませんでした
Past	調ちょう和わした	調ちょう和わしなかった
Te-form	調ちょう和わして	調ちょう和わしないで
Desire	調ちょう和わしたい	調ちょう和わしたくない
Potential	調ちょう和わできる	調ちょう和わできない
Passive	調ちょう和わされる	調ちょう和わされない
Causative	調ちょう和わさせる	調ちょう和わさせない
Causative passive	調ちょう和わさせられる	調ちょう和わさせられない
Volitional	調ちょう和わしよう
Polite volitional	調ちょう和わしましょう
Imperative	調ちょう和わしろ	調ちょう和わするな
Conditional	調ちょう和わすれば	調ちょう和わしなければ
Tara conditional	調ちょう和わしたら	調ちょう和わしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

harmony; accord; reconciliation

Describes a state where different elements coexist in a balanced, peaceful, or consistent way. Can be used for social relations, design, music, nature, and abstract concepts. The する verb form is intransitive: 調和する means 'to be in harmony' or 'to harmonize (with something)'.

この絵えは色いろの調ちょう和わが美うつくしい。
The color harmony in this painting is beautiful.
彼かれの意い見けんはチームの方ほう針しんと調ちょう和わしている。
His opinion is in harmony with the team's policy.
自し然ぜんとの調ちょう和わを大たい切せつにした生せい活かつを送おくりたい。
I want to live a life that values harmony with nature.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉と調ちょう和わするto be in harmony with something
この建たて物ものは周しゅう囲いの景けい色しきと調ちょう和わしている。
This building is in harmony with its surrounding scenery.
調ちょう和わを保たもつto maintain harmony
チーム内ないの調ちょう和わを保たもつことが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to maintain harmony within the team.
調ちょう和わが乱みだれるfor harmony to be disrupted
一人ひとりの発はつ言げんでチームの調ちょう和わが乱みだれた。
One person's remark disrupted the team's harmony.
色いろの調ちょう和わharmony of colors
デザイナーは色いろの調ちょう和わを考かんがえて服ふくを作つくった。
The designer created the clothes with color harmony in mind.

Kanji

調tune, tone, meter
和harmony, Japanese style, peace

Related words· 18

和わN1
和 is a broader, quintessentially Japanese notion of peace or harmony, while 調和 specifically describes a balanced coordination between multiple distinct elements.
一いっ致ちN3
一致 means an exact agreement or coincidence of opinions or facts, whereas 調和 refers to a pleasing or functional balance that doesn't require sameness.
バランスN3
バランス is a casual loanword often used for physical or dietary balance, while 調和 is a more formal term used for aesthetic, social, or philosophical harmony.
ハーモニー
調和 is a native Japanese word for harmony used in formal or abstract contexts, while ハーモニー is a loanword especially common when talking about music.

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協きょう和わ
調和 is the common, neutral word for general harmony or balance, while 協和 is a more formal term stressing cooperative agreement between parties.
呼こ吸きゅうN3
呼吸 as harmony implies people or things moving in sync like a shared rhythm, while 調和 is a broader, more abstract word for balance or harmony in general.
息いきN3
調和 is a general, abstract word for harmony or balance, while 息 expresses rapport more narrowly through set phrases like 息が合う.
アンサンブル
調和 is a general word for harmony or balance in any context, while アンサンブル in this sense is specifically about coordinated performance or teamwork.
収おさまり
調和 is the general word for harmony or balance among elements, while 収まり specifically describes how well something fits into a space or arrangement.
整せい合ごう
調和 implies harmony or balance, often in aesthetic or social contexts, while 整合 is more about logical or structural fit.
融ゆう和わ
調和 describes balanced, often aesthetic harmony (like colors or sounds), whereas 融和 is specifically about reconciling people, groups, or opposing ideas.
マッチN5
調和 emphasizes overall harmony among multiple elements, whereas マッチ(する) usually describes just two things pairing well.
釣つり合あうN2
調和する is a more formal word for harmony, often used with abstract or artistic things like nature or color schemes, while 釣り合う is a more everyday word for concrete balance or compatibility.
統とう一いつ感かん
調和 focuses on elements balancing harmoniously with each other, whereas 統一感 focuses on everything looking like part of one coherent whole.
釣つり合あいN1
調和 stresses harmonious blending of elements, whereas 釣り合い focuses more on even, weight-like balance between two things.
協きょう調ちょうN2
調和 describes a balanced, harmonious state between things (even without active effort), while 協調 implies people actively adjusting to cooperate.
兼かね合あい
調和 stresses harmonious coexistence of elements, while 兼ね合い highlights the practical trade-off needed to keep things balanced.
均きん衡こうN1
調和 refers to harmony among elements that fit well together, while 均衡 focuses specifically on a stable balance between opposing forces.

Opposites· 7

対たい立りつN2
対立 describes conflict or opposition between parties, the opposite of the peaceful coexistence expressed by 調和.
摩ま擦さつN2
調和 means harmony and smooth relations, the opposite of the tension and discord described by 摩擦 in its figurative sense.
ちぐはぐN1
調和 describes things fitting together in pleasing harmony, the opposite of ちぐはぐ, where things clash or don't match.

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失しっ調ちょうN1
調和 describes things being in harmony or balance, the opposite of 失調, which is the loss of that balance.
葛かっ藤とう
調和 means harmony or balance, the resolved state that contrasts with the unresolved tension of 葛藤.
カオス
調和 means harmony or balance, contrasting with the messy confusion implied by カオス.
ミスマッチ
調和 describes elements blending harmoniously together, the opposite state from ミスマッチ, where elements clash.

Don't confuse with

協きょう調ちょうN2
協調 emphasizes active cooperation or coordinated effort between people, while 調和 describes the resulting state of balance itself, not the process of achieving it.
調ちょう合ごう
調合 means to mix or compound ingredients (e.g. medicine), unrelated to the abstract sense of balance carried by 調和 despite the shared kanji.

Word family· 9

不ふ調ちょう和わ
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
非ひ調ちょう和わ
anharmonic; non-harmonic; discordant
予よ定てい調ちょう和わ
pre-established harmony · predictable outcome; going as expected; convention
母ぼ音いん調ちょう和わ
vowel harmony
空くう気き調ちょう和わ
air conditioning

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Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 調 (adjust, tune) and 和 (harmony, peace). The combination conveys the idea of things being adjusted into a harmonious state.