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斜ななめ上うえ

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English · JMdict

diagonally upward
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English · JMdict

(going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

oft. as 予想の斜め上

Kanji

斜シャ diagonal, slanting, oblique 上ジョウ above, up

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彼かれの発想はっそうはいつも斜ななめ上うえだ。

His ideas always come out of left field.

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