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斜ななめ (naname)

diagonal, slanting, oblique

  • JLPT N2
  • adjectival noun
  • Pitch 2
  • #7532 most frequent

Meaning

斜め (ななめ, naname) is a JLPT N2 adjectival noun meaning “diagonal, slanting, oblique”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

ここに斜ななめに線せんを引ひいてください。

Please draw a diagonal line here.

彼女かのじょはご機嫌きげん斜ななめだ。

She is in a mood.

布ぬのを斜ななめに裁たちなさい。

Cut the cloth diagonally.

あなたの斜め前にあります。

It is diagonally in front of you.

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