Describes a location across the street and offset by one, not directly opposite. Often used for houses or shops.
The post office is diagonally opposite this shop.
His house is diagonally opposite mine.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling with 向い instead of 向かい.
Compound of 筋 (すじ, 'line' or 'street') and 向かい (むかい, 'opposite'), literally 'street-opposite', referring to a position across the street and slightly offset.