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Japanese: 調子 - ちょうし

〘noun〙 [one] A word used in music. ① The pitch of the tune. ※Sarugaku Dangi ( 1430 ) Music for weddings "Calm your mind and sing in a tune." ② Types based on the pitch of the main note of the scale. Ichikotsu -cho, Hyojo, etc. ※Makura (10th C end) 218 "The transverse flute is particularly beautiful. <omitted> The familiar teushi is especially beautiful." ③ A type of piece played at the beginning of a Bugaku or Kangen ensemble. There is no beat, and each instrument is added in order starting with the Sho . It is discordant music, with the same melody played in succession. Netori A larger-scale piece than ②. ※Genji (c. 1001-14) Maiden: "The boats of music were rowing away, and the sound of the mountain breeze was so beautiful that it was like the children were playing the tune." ④ The tuning method of instruments such as the biwa, koto, and shamisen. For example, the flat tuning of the koto and the hon-tune of the shamisen. ※The Zhuangzi Sho, a copy of the Kiyohara Kuniken manuscript (1530), Vol. 8: "Tune means to play the tune and tighten or loosen the strings to bring the matter into harmony." [2] The state of a speech expression or the state of things. ① The way words or voices are expressed. The state of a speech expression. Tone. Tone. A mnemonic. ※Ryōsokuin Honzantani-shō (around 1500), vol. 8: "When I am very sleepy, the pigeons come out and sing their song. Whether the cat cries to the south or to the north, it is the same thing."※I Am a Cat (1905-06), by Natsume Soseki, vol. 1: "In a tone of great contempt."② The momentum with which things move forward. To ride on momentum. Momentum. ※Otogi-zōshi, Monokusa-tarō (late Muromachi period), "When he asked, 'Where are you?' I replied with a cat's name, and before I could bury it, I thought I would run away."③ The state or condition of the body, thoughts, mood, etc. Feelings. Mood. ※Sakehon, Togagawa Haiken (1782), Otakeya no Dan, "Finally, I'll say ... Touch. [Modern Daily New Words Dictionary (1920)] ⑤ Market conditions. *Haiku, Basho's School of Ancient Man (1789) "A large octopus pulls in the shade of the flowers (Hairiki) The rice is sagging in February (Koshira)"

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Japanese:

〘名〙[一] 音楽で用いる語。① 音律の高低。※申楽談儀（1430）祝言の音曲「能々心を静め、調子を音取(ねと)りて謡ひ出べし」② 音階の主音の高さによる種類。壱越(いちこつ)調・平調(ひょうじょう)など。※枕（１０Ｃ終）二一八「笛は横笛いみじうをかし。〈略〉まして聞き知りたるてうしなどは、いみじうめでたし」③ 舞楽や管弦の最初に奏する一種の曲。拍子はなく、笙(しょう)から始めて順次各楽器が加わる。同一旋律を追いかけて奏し、不協和な音楽である。音取(ねとり)②よりも大規模な曲。※源氏（1001‐14頃）乙女「楽の舟ども漕ぎまひて、調子ども奏する程の山風のひびきおもしろく、吹きあはせたるに」④ 琵琶・箏・三味線などの調弦法のこと。箏の平調子、三味線の本調子など。※清原国賢書写本荘子抄（1530）八「調とは、調子をひいて見て、緒をしめつゆるめつ、ことぢをのけつよせつする也」[二] 音声表現や物事の状態のぐあい。① 言葉や声のいいまわし。音声による表現のぐあい。語調。口調。語呂。※両足院本山谷抄（1500頃）八「いとどだに睡たい時分に鳩がででぴうちを云ぞ。其のてうしが南に啼も北に啼も同物ぞ」※吾輩は猫である（1905‐06）〈夏目漱石〉一「大に軽蔑せる調子で」② 物事の進む勢い。勢いに乗ること。はずみ。※御伽草子・物くさ太郎（室町末）「『いづくにて候ぞ』と問いければ、てうしのことばをかけ、それをふくせんその内に、逃げばやと思召」③ 身体・考え・気分などのぐあい、状態。気持。きげん。※洒落本・富賀川拝見（1782）尾竹屋の段「つひにねへいいてうしだねへ」④ ある場面、情況などを支配している雰囲気。人の言動などのほか、絵画・写真などの画面についてもいう。調子合。タッチ。〔現代日用新語辞典（1920）〕⑤ 相場の情勢。※俳諧・芭蕉門古人真蹟（1789）「大ぶりな蛸引あぐる花の陰〈配力〉米の調子のたるむ二月〈木白〉」

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