Japanese symbol for “obliquely”
其れと無く
それとなく
Romaji: soretonaku
indirectly; obliquely; implicitly; by implication
In Japanese, obliquely is 其れと無く, read それとなく (soretonaku).
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Meanings
- adv indirectly; obliquely; implicitly; by implication; in a roundabout way; casually
Written forms: 其れと無く、それと無く、其れとなく. Readings: それとなく.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “obliquely”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斜めに | ななめに nanameni | diagonally; obliquely; slantingly |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其の | その sono | that; the |
| 其処 | そこ soko | there (place relatively near listener) |
| 其方 | そちら sochira | that way; that direction |
| 其奴 | そいつ soitsu | he; she; that person |
| 其れ | それ sore | that; it |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 無理 | むり muri | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable |
| 無事 | ぶじ buji | safety; security; peace |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.