| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 調べ | しらべ | investigation, inspection, examination; tune, note, melody |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey |
| 調整 | ちょうせい | regulation, adjustment, tuning, modification, alteration |
| 協調 | きょうちょう | cooperation, conciliation, harmony; firm (market) tone |
| 好調 | こうちょう | favourable, favorable, promising, satisfactory, in good shape |
| 調達 | ちょうたつ | supply, provision, raising |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう | favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right |
| 調印 | ちょういん | signature, signing, sealing |
| 基調 | きちょう | basis, keynote |
| 上っ調子 | うわっちょうし | flippant, frivolous, shallow |