チョウ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
Music
1. key
2. mode (in gagaku)
Suffix
3. time; tempo; rhythm
4. meter (of a poem); metre
5. style; form; mood; pattern
Noun
Historical
6. tax in kind (paid with locally produced goods; under the ritsuryō system)
Pitch accent
チョ
ウ
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
writing style
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
physical condition; state of health; shape
inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone
in perfect form; going swimmingly
tone (of voice); manner of talking
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
cooking; food preparation
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
training (animals); breaking (animals)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
regulation; adjustment; control
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
pace; step; cadence
climax; peak; zenith; apex
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
tuning (an instrument); temperament
air conditioning
animal trainer
preparing a prescription; compounding a medicine
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
method of cooking; way of cooking; cooking technique; recipe
signature; signing; sealing
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
color tone; colour tone
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
melody; tune
making up a prescription; dispensing a prescription; preparing a medicine
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
atmosphere; mood; sentiment
modulation; change of key
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
Cabinet Information Research Office
high spirits
perfume blending; fragrance mixing
making (to order); preparation; manufacture
one's best form
minor key
convenient; useful; handy; helpful
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
tuning (a stringed instrument)
gradation; gradient
atonality
gekiga style; manga style characterized by bold lines and dramatic composition
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
pastel-colored; pastel-coloured; in pastel shades
traditional tune
seven-and-five-syllable meter
confusion
sad sound; plaintive melody
firm (market); bullish; strong (sales, economy, etc.); steady; sound
keynote; predominant element; main point
commanding attitude; authoritative tone
key of B
articulation; tuning (a musical instrument)
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
poetic style typical of Man'yōshū
an ornate style
corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryō system)
key of E
wartime atmosphere
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
polytonality; polytonalism
key of F
(in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking
weak (market); bearish; soft (tone, focus) (photography)
five and seven-syllable meter
tone of an image
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
key of D
haircut; barbering
reactionary tendency; revivalist mood; tendency to revert to old customs
chemical seasoning
popular music; vulgar music
mixing colors; toning
ōshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
key of G
key of C
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)
governor (device); speed regulator
key signature
translationese; translatese; translatorese
ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
key of A
musical tone
reexamination; reinvestigation
party policy research
just intonation; pure intonation
banshiki 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
epistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru"
playing the koto
mixture; preparation
desiccant; moisture absorbent
harmonic (wave)
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
mottled (cloth color); speckled; grainy
falling intonation; falling tone
rising intonation; rising tone
calm condition; normal condition
chōfu-maki (traditional Japanese sweet)
outdoor air handling unit; outdoor air handler
(machine) belt