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N2 No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

(なな)slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      1.

      slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique

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    2. No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      2.

      distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry

    All Forms

    斜め 【ななめ】斜め 【なのめ】斜 【ななめ】斜 【なのめ】傾 【ななめ】傾 【なのめ】

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      車道(しゃどう)(なな)(わた)るのは危険(きけん)です。

      Crossing the roadway diagonally is dangerous. {slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)}

      • N2

      (なな)になっている()()()ぐにする。

      To straighten a tilted painting. {slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)}

      • N2

      (あか)ちゃんが()いている。ご機嫌(きげん)(なな)のようだ。

      The baby is crying. It seems that its mood is askew. {slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)}

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      あの留学生(りゅうがくせい)帽子(ぼうし)(なな)にかぶるというふうに(すこ)格好(かっこう)つけている。

      That exchange student is trying to look cool by wearing his hat at an angle. {slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)}

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      それにしても、あんなに()(なか)(なな)()ていたら、人生(じんせい)()まらないだろう。

      Even so, if you look at the world in such a skewed way, life would probably be boring. {slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique, unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)}

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