斜ななめ読よみ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

skim reading; skimming

Reading quickly and superficially, often skipping details. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 新しん聞ぶんを斜ななめ読よみして、大だい事じなニュースだけチェックした。

  I skimmed the newspaper and checked only the important news.

• この本ほんは難むずかしいから、斜ななめ読よみでは理り解かいできない。

  This book is difficult, so you can't understand it by skimming.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

diagonal reading; reading diagonally to find a hidden message

A wordplay technique where reading characters along a diagonal line in a text reveals a hidden word or message. Compare with 縦読み (vertical reading).

See also: 縦読み

• この詩しには斜ななめ読よみで隠かくされたメッセージが込こめられている。

  This poem contains a hidden message when read diagonally.