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斜め (ななめ): diagonal, oblique — Japanese vocabulary

斜め is read ななめ and means "diagonal, oblique". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

斜め

Reading
ななめ · naname
Translation
diagonal, oblique
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ななめが

Example

彼は帽子を斜めにかぶっていた。

かれはぼうしをななめにかぶっていた。

He wore his hat askew.

Kanji in this word

  • 斜 — diagonal, slant

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