一本調子

いっぽんぢょうし いっぽんちょうし

monotone

調子

ちょうし

tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm

上調子

うわちょうし

high pitch, higher tone

調子物

ちょうしもの ちょうしぶつ

matter of chance, person easily elated

高調子

たかちょうし こうちょうし

high pitch

調子者

ちょうししゃ

person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

乱調子

らんちょうし

confusion

六調子

ろくちょうし

six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

調子笛

ちょうしぶえ

pitch pipe

名調子

めいちょうし

flowing style (e.g. of narrating a story), eloquence

標本調査

ひょーほんちょーさ

sample survey

資本調達

しほんちょーたつ

Fund Raising

冊子本

さっしぼん

bound book

本諸子

ほんもろこ ホンモロコ

willow gudgeon (species of fish, Gnathopogon caerulescens)

巻子本

かんすぼん

roll, scroll, rolled book

調子付く

ちょうしづく

to warm up to, to become enthusiastic about, to be elated

上り調子

のぼりちょうし のぼりぢょうし

rise, improvement, uptrend

お調子者

おちょうしもの

person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

調子外れ

ちょうしはずれ

discord, disharmony, false note, being out of tune