斜め・斜・傾|ななめnaname[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
なのめnanomeok
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Which spelling to use
斜め斜め is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it as your default spelling when you need to write this word.
斜斜 is less common than 斜め. It appears as a written variant using the kanji alone and an unusual kana pattern, but beginners should choose 斜め.
傾傾 is less common than 斜 and 斜め and uses an outdated kanji, giving it a dated feel; beginners should choose 斜め instead.
Definitions
- no-adjective, na-adjectiveslanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique
- no-adjective, na-adjectivedistorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry
Conjugation
| Plain form | 斜め（ななめ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 斜めです（ななめです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 斜めではない（ななめではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 斜めではありません（ななめではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 斜めだった（ななめだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 斜めではなかった（ななめではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 斜めで（ななめで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 斜めに（ななめに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 斜めなら（ななめなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym傾きかたむきNeutralA noun for the degree of tilt or for a tendency; 「斜め」 focuses on the slanted shape or angle itself.
- Synonym傾斜けいしゃWrittenA tilt or slope, in written/formal prose; it can also describe a leaning of views. 「斜め」 is the more colloquial word.
- Related勾配こうばいNeutralThe steepness of a slope or a gradient; used mostly for roads and roofs, or in math.
- Antonym直ちょくWrittenA literary word meaning straight and true; the opposite of slanted 「斜め」.
Use 「斜め」 for something slanted or diagonal, or for a foul mood as in 「ご機嫌斜め」. For the degree of tilt say 「傾き」; for the steepness of a slope say 「勾配」 or the more formal 「傾斜」. 「直」 is its literary opposite, straight.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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