Illustration: In the entrance hall of a Japanese apartment, a newly hung family photograph sits conspicuously crooked on the wall. Its upper edge slopes sharply against the straight horizontal door lintel, and one corner points toward a shoe cabinet below.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

斜ななめ

naname

diagonal, slanted

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは帽子ぼうしを斜ななめにかぶっていた。

    He wore his hat askew.

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  2. 布ぬのを斜ななめに裁たちなさい。

    Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.

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  3. 布ぬのを斜ななめに切きります。

    Cut the cloth diagonally.

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Kanji in 斜

  • 斜diagonal; slantingOnシャKunななめ・はす

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