- 調子【ちょうし】 - tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm, vein, mood, way, manner, style, knack, condition, state of health, shape, impetus, spur of the moment, strain, trend 
- 調査【ちょうさ】 - investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey 
- 調べる【しらべる】 - to examine, to look up, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search 
- 順調【じゅんちょう】 - favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right 
- 調整【ちょうせい】 - adjustment, regulation, coordination, reconciliation, tuning, fixing, tailoring 
- 体調【たいちょう】 - physical condition, state of health, shape 
- 調べ【しらべ】 - investigation, inspection, examination, tune, note, melody 
- 調理【ちょうり】 - cooking, food preparation 
- 調達【ちょうたつ】 - supply, provision, raising, procurement 
- 絶好調【ぜっこうちょう】 - in perfect form, going swimmingly 
- 取り調べ【とりしらべ】 - investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors), examination, inquiry, enquiry 
- 調和【ちょうわ】 - harmony, accord, reconciliation, agreement 
- 好調【こうちょう】 - favourable, favorable, promising, satisfactory, in good shape 
- 調印【ちょういん】 - signature, signing, sealing 
- 調停【ちょうてい】 - arbitration, conciliation, mediation 
- 歩調【ほちょう】 - pace, step, cadence 
- 単調【たんちょう】 - monotony, monotone, dullness, monotone, monotonic 
- 調節【ちょうせつ】 - regulation, adjustment, control 
- 調味料【ちょうみりょう】 - seasoning, flavoring, flavouring, condiment 
- 強調【きょうちょう】 - emphasis, stress, highlighting, underlining, underscoring, accentuating (a feature or certain part), accenting, strong tone (of the market), firm tone