逆さか読よみ

noun

reading backwards; reverse reading

Refers to the act of reading text in reverse order, often for wordplay, puzzles, or deciphering. Can also refer to interpreting a situation in the opposite way.

• この暗あん号ごうは逆さか読よみすると意い味みがわかる。

  This code makes sense when you read it backwards.

• 彼かれはいつも人ひとの言こと葉ばを逆さか読よみして悪わるく取とる。

  He always reads people's words backwards and takes them badly.