斜しゃ影えい

noun

slanted shadow; oblique shadow

Refers to a shadow cast at an angle, often by low sun or artificial light. A somewhat literary or descriptive term; in everyday speech, 斜めの影 or 長い影 may be more common.

• 夕ゆう日ひがビルの斜しゃ影えいを長ながく伸のばしていた。

  The evening sun stretched the building's slanted shadow long.