斜(なな)め

ななめ
noun / no-adjective
diagonal; slant; oblique
1. diagonal; slant; oblique
A direction or position that is neither horizontal nor vertical.
斜(なな)めの線(せん)。
A diagonal line.
斜(なな)めに線(せん)を引(ひ)く。
To draw a diagonal line.
絵(え)が斜(なな)めになっているので、直(なお)してください。
The picture is crooked, so please fix it.
2. diagonally across; at an angle
Moving or positioned at an angle.
斜(なな)めに歩(ある)く。
To walk diagonally.
交差点(こうさてん)を斜(なな)めに渡(わた)る。
To cross the intersection diagonally.
彼(かれ)の家(いえ)は駅(えき)の斜(なな)め向(む)かいにある。
His house is diagonally across from the station.

斜(なな)め functions as both a noun and a no-adjective (modifies nouns with の).

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 斜(なな)めに (diagonally - adverbial)
  • 斜(なな)め前(まえ) (diagonally forward/ahead)
  • 斜(なな)め後(うし)ろ (diagonally behind)
  • 斜(なな)め向(む)かい (diagonally opposite)

DIRECTIONAL EXPRESSIONS:

  • 斜(なな)め右(みぎ) (diagonally to the right)
  • 斜(なな)め左(ひだり) (diagonally to the left)
  • 斜(なな)め上(うえ) (diagonally above)
  • 斜(なな)め下(した) (diagonally below)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 斜(なな)め vs. 傾(かたむ)いている: 傾(かたむ)いている means "tilted/leaning" (from vertical); 斜(なな)め describes diagonal direction.

RELATED KANJI:
斜} is also read as しゃ in compounds like {傾斜(けいしゃ) (slope, inclination).

Register: Neutral. Common in everyday directions and descriptions.

Related Words

Related: 傾斜(けいしゃ) (slope, inclination)
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Added 2026.1.13 15:25 · Revised 2026.2.5 11:22
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