音質(おんしつ)

おんしつ
noun
sound quality; tone quality; audio quality
1. sound quality; tone quality; audio quality
The quality or character of sound, especially as reproduced by audio equipment. Also used for the inherent tonal quality of musical instruments or voices.
このヘッドホン(へっどほん)は音質(おんしつ)がいい。
These headphones have good sound quality.
音質(おんしつ)を調整(ちょうせい)する設定(せってい)はどこですか。
Where is the setting to adjust the sound quality?
値段(ねだん)は安(やす)いが、音質(おんしつ)は期待(きたい)していたよりずっと良(よ)かった。
The price was cheap, but the sound quality was much better than I expected.

Composed of 音(おん) (sound) + 質(しつ) (quality). Very commonly used when discussing audio equipment, music streaming, recordings, and musical instruments.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 音質(おんしつ)がいい/悪(わる)い: good/bad sound quality
  • 高(こう)音質(おんしつ): high sound quality
  • 音質(おんしつ)を調整(ちょうせい)する: to adjust sound quality
  • 音質(おんしつ)にこだわる: to be particular about sound quality
  • 音質(おんしつ)向上(こうじょう): improvement in sound quality

RELATED TERMS:

  • 画質(がしつ): image/picture quality
  • 音量(おんりょう): volume (loudness)
  • 音色(ねいろ): tone color/timbre — the character of a sound, especially in music

Related Words

Related: 音色(ねいろ) (tone, timbre)
Related: 音量(おんりょう) (volume)
general
Added 2026.4.4 5:23 · Revised 2026.4.19 14:16
21500/21879_onshitsu