斜ななめ上うえ

noun

diagonally upward

Refers to a direction or position that is upward and to the side, not straight above. Used in spatial descriptions.

• 矢や印じるしが斜ななめ上うえを指さしている。

  The arrow points diagonally upward.

• 彼かれは斜ななめ上うえの方ほうを見みた。

  He looked diagonally upward.

noun

completely unexpected direction; off-the-wall

Slang. Describes a development, outcome, or remark that goes in a direction nobody anticipated, often humorously or bizarrely. Frequently used in the phrase 予想の斜め上 (beyond expectations in an unexpected way).

• 彼かれの答こたえはいつも予よ想そうの斜ななめ上うえだ。

  His answers are always completely unexpected.

• その映えい画がの結けつ末まつは斜ななめ上うえだった。

  The movie's ending was totally off-the-wall.