斜

slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique

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

diagonal

slope; slanting surface; bevel

diagonally upward

Slang; Oft. as 予想の斜め上

(going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

to couch (a sword)

to look at cynically or ironically

Archaic

to stand ready (to do); to adopt a formal attitude

setting sun

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

decline (e.g. of industry)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Setting Sun (1947 novel by Osamu Dazai)

Given

Shayou

diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise

oblique line; forward slash

skim reading

reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)

strabismus; squint

slanting rays of light

Geometry

hypotenuse; oblique line

Anatomy

oblique muscle

leaning tower

aslant; oblique; diagonal; askew; cater-cornered; catty-cornered

bevel

sunset industry; declining industry

unusually; extraordinarily; uncommonly

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

oblique type; slanted type

Mathematics

division ring; skew field

oblique

declining or impoverished aristocracy

sidelong glance; squint

Skiing

traversing