tonal

音の、音色の

音楽や声、楽器の音色などの性質に関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to the sound qualities of music, a voice, or an instrument.

• The violin has a rich tonal quality.
• Her voice offers a wide tonal range.
• Changing the strings improved the guitar’s tonal balance.

よく使う表現： tonal quality, tonal range, tonal color

声調のある

声の高さによって単語の意味が変わる言語を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a language in which voice pitch can change the meaning of a word.

• Mandarin is a tonal language.
• Learners practiced the language’s tonal distinctions.
• A tonal system uses pitch to tell words apart.

よく使う表現： tonal language, tonal distinction, tonal system

雰囲気の、調子の

物事全体の感じや雰囲気、調子に関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to the overall feeling, mood, or character of something.

• The film makes a sudden tonal shift.
• Her editing brought tonal consistency to the story.
• The final scene creates a striking tonal contrast.

よく使う表現： tonal shift, tonal consistency, tonal change

調性のある

中心となる音や調を軸に音が組み立てられた音楽を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing music whose notes are organized around one main note or key.

• This piece uses tonal harmony.
• The composer returned to tonal music later in life.
• Students compared tonal and atonal compositions.

反対語： atonal

よく使う表現： tonal music, tonal harmony, tonal composition

トナル、動物霊

伝統的な信仰で、人に一生結びついているとされる動物の霊。

やさしい英語で： In some traditional beliefs, an animal spirit that stays linked to a person throughout their life.

• Her tonal was believed to be a deer.
• The story links the man’s fate to his tonal.
• A tonal stays with a person throughout life.

類義語： animal companion spirit

よく使う表現： animal tonal, personal tonal, someone’s tonal