JLPT N1 · な-adjective

好調 (kouchou)

好調 (こうちょう, kouchou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “favourable; favorable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こうちょう
Romaji: kouchou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

滑り出しが好調なら事は半ば成就したのに等しい。

Well begun is half done.

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

Conjugation of 好調

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	好調だ	こうちょうだ kouchouda
Present (polite)	好調です	こうちょうです kouchoudesu
Negative	好調じゃない	こうちょうじゃない kouchoujanai
Past	好調だった	こうちょうだった kouchoudatta
Negative past	好調じゃなかった	こうちょうじゃなかった kouchoujanakatta
Te-form	好調で	こうちょうで kouchoude
Before a noun	好調な	こうちょうな kouchouna
Adverb (~ni)	好調に	こうちょうに kouchouni

Kanji in 好調

好

fond, pleasing, like somethingコウ・この.む・す.く · 6 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 好調.

好きすきliking大好きだいすきliking very much格好かっこうshape好みこのみliking好むこのむto like友好ゆうこうfriendship好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes好き好きすきずきmatter of taste好意こういkindness好況こうきょうprosperous (economic) conditions好評こうひょうfavorable reception嗜好しこうtaste良好りょうこうgood物好きものずき(idle) curiosity

Source: JMdict entry 1277730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.