Illustration: At a neighborhood bicycle shop, a mechanic adjusts the spokes of a wheel held in a truing stand. One hand turns a small spoke wrench while the other steadies the rim beside a fixed guide.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

調ちょう整せい

chousei

to adjust

Example sentences

  1. シートを自分じぶんに合あうように調整ちょうせいしてください。

    Please adjust the seat to fit you.

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  2. 彼かれはクラリネットを調整ちょうせいしてもらった。

    He had his clarinet tuned.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 自転車じてんしゃのブレーキを調整ちょうせいしてもらった。

    I had the brakes of my bicycle adjusted.

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Kanji in 調整

  • 調tune; toneOnチョウKunしらべる・しらべ・ととのう
  • 整organize; arrangingOnセイKunととのえる・ととのう

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