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斜塔 (しゃとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

斜しゃ塔とう

しゃ

と

う

Meanings

1

leaning tower

Refers to a tower that is tilted or leaning, most famously the Leaning Tower of Pisa (ピサの斜塔).

ピサの斜しゃ塔とうは世せ界かい的てきに有ゆう名めいだ。
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is world-famous.

Kanji

斜diagonal, slanting, oblique
塔pagoda, tower, steeple

Etymology

Compound of 斜 (しゃ, 'diagonal, slanting') and 塔 (とう, 'tower'). The reading is on'yomi.

あの斜しゃ塔とうは地じ震しんで傾かたむいたらしい。

That leaning tower apparently tilted due to an earthquake.