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調子 (ちょうし): condition, state, tune, tone — Japanese vocabulary

調子 is read ちょうし and means "condition, state, tune, tone". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

調子

Reading
ちょうし · choushi
Translation
condition, state, tune, tone
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ちょうしが

Example

彼はふざけた調子でそう言った。

かれはふざけたちょうしでそういった。

He said so with humor.

Kanji in this word

  • 調 — investigate, tune
  • 子 — child

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