調

Meaning

1. nn-suf
   key
2. nn-suf
   mode (in gagaku)
3. n-suf
   time; tempo; rhythm
4. n-suf
   meter (of a poem); metre
5. n-suf
   style; form; mood; pattern
6. n
   tax in kind (paid with locally produced goods; under the ritsuryō system)

Example sentences

• 管理人体調不良、モチの低下等により継続は不可能と判断しました。

  Due to ill-health of the web-manager, loss of motivation and other circumstances I have decided that it is not possible to continue.

• 「です・ます」調で書いてみたんだけど、やっぱりちょっとよそよそしいかな？

  I tried writing in the "desu-masu" style, but I wonder if it's a bit too distant.