調子がいい

ちょうしがいい

glib, slick (sounds good but no substance), all talk

調子

ちょうし

tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm

調子が狂う

ちょうしがくるう

to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to have something amiss

調子が戻る

ちょうしがもどる

to get back to normal, to get back into one's stride, to get back into the swing of it

悪魔調伏

あくまちょうぶく

exorcism, praying down evil spirits

悪茄子

わるなすび ワルナスビ

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

調子のいい

ちょうしのいい

in good condition; in fine shape; in form; in good health; (feeling) well; in working order; going well; running smoothly

本調子

ほんちょうし

normal condition

高調子

たかちょうし こうちょうし

high pitch

上調子

うわちょうし

high pitch, higher tone

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

名調子

めいちょうし

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

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

調子物

ちょうしもの ちょうしぶつ

matter of chance, person easily elated

柄が悪い

がらがわるい えがわるい

lowbred

仲が悪い

なかがわるい

on bad terms, at loggerheads

胸が悪い

むねがわるい

sick, nauseated