右みぎ横よこ書がき

noun

horizontal writing from right to left

Refers to the traditional Japanese writing direction where characters are written horizontally but proceed from right to left, often seen on older signs, vehicles, or traditional contexts.

• 昔むかしの看かん板ばんには右みぎ横よこ書がきの文も字じがよく使つかわれていた。

  On old signboards, right-to-left horizontal writing was often used.

• 右みぎ横よこ書がきは、現げん代だいではほとんど見みかけなくなった。

  Right-to-left horizontal writing is rarely seen nowadays.