斜ななめ
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
The shape of the cut is a bit slanted!
2. distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
He takes a cynical view of the world.
Kanji used
diagonal
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
skim reading; reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)
Examples (9 in total)
Cut the cloth diagonally.
I was called out to from the seat diagonally behind me.
He takes a cynical view of the world.