| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 体調 | たいちょう | one's phyical condition |
| 乱調子 | らんちょうし | confusion |
| 調べる | しらべる | to examine; to investigate; to check up |
| 調子 | ちょうし | condition |
| 強調 | きょうちょう | emphasis, stress, stressed point |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | investigation, examination, inquiry, survey |
| 調整 | ちょうせい | regulation, adjustment, tuning |
| 調節 | ちょうせつ | regulation, adjustment, control |
| 調味料 | ちょうみりょう | condiment, seasoning |
| 上っ調子 | うわっちょうし | flippant, frivolous, shallow |
| 協調 | きょうちょう | cooperation; firm (market) tone |
| 口調 | くちょう | tone (e.g. of voice, etc.), (verbal) expression |
| 基調 | きちょう | basis, keynote |
| 堅調 | けんちょう | bullish, firm (market) |
| 壱越調 | いちこつちょう, いちこちちょう | (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on D |
| 好調 | こうちょう | favourable, favorable, promising, satisfactory, in good shape |
| 実態調査 | じったいちょうさ | factual investigation |
| 快調 | かいちょう | harmony, excellent condition |
| 栄養失調 | えいようしっちょう | malnutrition |
| 歩調 | ほちょう | pace, step, cadence |
| 租庸調 | そようちょう | corvee, taxes in kind or service (former tax system) |
| 調べ | しらべ | investigation; tune, note, melody |
| 調停 | ちょうてい | arbitration, conciliation, mediation |
| 調印 | ちょういん | signature, signing, sealing |
| 調達 | ちょうたつ | supply, provision, raising |
| 軟調 | なんちょう | weakness, bearish tone |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう | favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right |