倒とう句く

noun

reading Chinese in Japanese word order

A technical term in classical Chinese studies (kanbun) referring to the practice of rearranging Chinese word order into Japanese order when reading. Rare outside academic contexts.

• 漢かん文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうで、倒とう句くの読よみ方かたを習ならった。

  In classical Chinese class, we learned how to read by reversing the word order.