ななめ
斜め
slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
N5Common wordNo-adjective
No-adjective, Na-adjective, Noun
slanting•tilted•sloping•diagonal•oblique
No-adjective, Na-adjective, Noun
distorted (feeling)•slanted (e.g. view of the world)•bad (mood)•amiss•awry
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Kanji Breakdown
Example Sentences
彼女はご機嫌斜めだ。
She is in a mood.
布を斜めに裁ちなさい。
Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.
彼は帽子を斜めにかぶっていた。
He wore his hat askew.
えらくご機嫌ななめね、けんか腰にならないで。
Wow, you're really in a bad mood. Don't get scrappy.
窓は壊されてよろいどははずれてななめに下がっていました。
Her windows were broken and her shutters hung crookedly.