JLPT N1 · な-adjective

不調 (fuchou)

不調 (ふちょう, fuchou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “bad condition; poor condition”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふちょう
Romaji: fuchou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

bad condition; poor condition; disorder; slump; being out of form · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective
failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations) · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

商売は先月ちょっと不調だった。

Business was a little slow last month.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 不調

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不調だ	ふちょうだ fuchouda
Present (polite)	不調です	ふちょうです fuchoudesu
Negative	不調じゃない	ふちょうじゃない fuchoujanai
Past	不調だった	ふちょうだった fuchoudatta
Negative past	不調じゃなかった	ふちょうじゃなかった fuchoujanakatta
Te-form	不調で	ふちょうで fuchoude
Before a noun	不調な	ふちょうな fuchouna
Adverb (~ni)	不調に	ふちょうに fuchouni

Kanji in 不調

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

調

tune, tone, meterチョウ・しら.べる・しら.べ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不調.

不便ふべんinconvenience不ふun-不安ふあんanxiety不可ふかwrong不幸ふこうunhappiness不正ふせいinjustice不足ふそくinsufficiency不通ふつうsuspension不平ふへいdiscontent不満ふまんdissatisfaction不利ふりdisadvantage不思議ふしぎwonderful不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort不ぶun-

Source: JMdict entry 1493840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.