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Of or relating to tones or tonality. / Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. / (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.

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IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈtoʊnəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to tones or tonality. / Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. / (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.

Japanese Meaning

音調や調性に関する / 全体の雰囲気、傾向に関する / （音楽において）予測可能な主音との関係に基づく調を用いる

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The composer's tonal choices gave the film score a haunting, timeless quality.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

作曲家の調性に関する選択が映画音楽に不気味で時代を超えた雰囲気を与えた。

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Sense（1）

Of or relating to tones or tonality.

Sense（2）

Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.

The lurid way the story played out felt like a tonal shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people.

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Sense（3）

(music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.

Sense（4）

more tonal

（ comparative ）

most tonal

（ superlative ）

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