斜め

ななめ· also なのめ

slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal

JLPT N2 Common word Also written 斜、傾

Meanings

No-adjective, Na-adjective, Noun
slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry

Example sentences

斜視しゃしの人ひとは斜ななめの大鎌おおがまで草くさを刈かった。

The cross-eyed person cut the grass with a scythe.
窓まどは壊こわされてよろいどははずれてななめに下さがっていました。

Her windows were broken and her shutters hung crookedly.