ちょう
Meanings
Noun
1. pitch; tone; key
2. time; tempo
Noun
Suffix
3. mood; tendency; style
Archaic
Noun
4. tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals
also 徴
Pitch accent
ちょ
Used in vocabulary (126 in total)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
writing style
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
signature; signing; sealing
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
weak (market); bearish; soft (tone, focus) (photography)
training (animals); breaking (animals)
tuning (musical)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
Cabinet Information Research Office
confusion
cooking; food preparation
color tone; colour tone
making up a prescription; dispensing medicine; preparing medicine
calm condition; normal condition
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
regulation; adjustment; control
in perfect form; going swimmingly
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
physical condition; state of health
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
firm (market); bullish; strong (sales, economy, etc.); steady; sound
polytonality; polytonalism
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
pace; step; cadence
air conditioning
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
poetic style typical of Man'yōshū
ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)
banshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
animal trainer
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
melody; tune
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
atmosphere; mood; sentiment
change of key (during piece); modulation
inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone
high spirits
manufacture; preparation; execution (an order)
minor key
convenient; useful; handy; helpful
one's best form
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
gradation; gradient
exaggerated; dramatized
seven-and-five-syllable meter
traditional tune
sad sound; plaintive melody
keynote; predominant element; main point
commanding attitude; authoritative tone
articulation
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
key of B
an ornate style
key of E
corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryo system)
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
key of F
five and seven-syllable meter
(in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking
wartime atmosphere
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
key of D
tone of an image
haircut; barbering
revival or reactionary mood
chemical seasoning
popular music; vulgar music
key of G
key of C
governor (device); speed regulator
reexamination; reinvestigation
mixing colors; mixing colours; tone
key signature
translationese; translatese; translatorese
key of A
musical tone
party policy research
harmonic (wave)
just intonation
ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
(being) free of chemical seasoning (esp. MSG)
good tune
concert pitch
high-contrast (photography); hard tone; bullish (market); firm
tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission
playing the koto
mixture; preparation
desiccant; moisture absorbent
unfavourable condition; adverse position
Fougere fragrance (family of scents including coumarin, oak moss, lavender, and geranium oil, used in perfumes)
Chypre fragrance (family of scents including sage, lavender, and oak moss, used in perfumes)
taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
start-stop transmission
start-stop synchronization
start-stop system
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
aligning ring
falling intonation; falling tone
rising intonation; rising tone
chōfu-maki (traditional Japanese sweet)