Lingaku斜め【ななめ】
Frequency rank: 9,622. – 9,641.
- slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; obliquesee also 斜
- distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
- distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
This meaning describes the physical orientation of an object, indicating that it is not perfectly vertical or horizontal but instead inclined at an angle.
This meaning conveys a metaphorical use, referring to a mental or emotional state that is skewed or not aligned with normal expectations, suggesting something is not quite right.
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Example sentences
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Her windows were broken and her shutters hung crookedly.
Just when she said "Ooh, what a beautiful star," a star fell across the sky and a blue light quickly fainted in a diagonal trajectory, dragging behind a faint tail.