斜め (Naname) is a Japanese adjectival noun meaning “slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal”.
Meanings
- adjectival noun, na-adjective, nounslanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
- adjectival noun, na-adjective, noundistorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
Examples
彼女はご機嫌斜めだ。
She is in a mood.
布を斜めに裁ちなさい。
Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.
彼は帽子を斜めにかぶっていた。
He wore his hat askew.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).