takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique.
  2. distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
斜め ななめ
なの
 
斜め なのめ
ななめ
なのめ
なのめ
ななめ
なのめ
なのめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

diagonal, slanting, oblique
なな.め シャ はす (7th, N1)
too much, myself, surplus
ヨ あま.る あんま.り (5th, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree (木) variant
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper
ト ます トウ (8th, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)