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斜

Readings

Kana: はす、しゃ
Romaji: hasu, sha
Kana
Romaji

Definition

adj-no
noun
1

diagonal

See also: 斜め

Kanji

斜
Readings: シャ、 なな.め、 はす
Meanings: diagonal, slanting, oblique

Example Sentences

彼女(かのじょ)はご機嫌(きげん)斜(なな)めだ。
➥She is in a mood.
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斜視(しゃし)です。（寄(よ)り目(め)）。
➥I have a bad squint.
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岩(いわ)は丘(おか)の斜面(しゃめん)を転(ころ)がり落(お)ちた。
➥The rock rolled down the hillside.
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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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私(わたし)たちは急斜面(きゅうしゃめん)を上(あ)がった。
➥We climbed a sharp slope.
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彼(かれ)は険(けわ)しい斜面(しゃめん)をじっと見(み)た。
➥He stared at the steep slope.
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斜め

斜、 傾

Readings

Kana: ななめ、なのめ
Romaji: naname, nanome
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

adj-no
adj-na
noun
1

slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique

See also: 斜
2

unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood)

Kanji

斜
Readings: シャ、 なな.め、 はす
Meanings: diagonal, slanting, oblique
傾
Readings: ケイ、 かたむ.く、 かたむ.ける、 かたぶ.く、 かた.げる、 かし.げる
Meanings: lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias

Example Sentences

彼女(かのじょ)はご機嫌(きげん)斜(なな)めだ。
➥She is in a mood.
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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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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.
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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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えらくご機嫌(きげん)ななめね、けんか腰(ごし)にならないで。
➥Wow, you're really in a bad mood. Don't get scrappy.
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