好調こうちょう Common I-adj Noun Noun English jmdict 1 adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'noun (common) (futsuumeishi) favourable;favorable;promising;satisfactory;in good shape 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.