左ひだり横よこ書がき

noun

horizontal left-to-right writing

Refers to the writing direction where characters proceed horizontally from left to right, as in modern Japanese and English. Often contrasted with 右縦書き (vertical right-to-left) or 右横書き (horizontal right-to-left, used historically).

• 日本にほん語ごの教きょう科か書しょは左ひだり横よこ書がきで書かかれている。

  Japanese textbooks are written horizontally from left to right.

• 左ひだり横よこ書がきの文ぶん章しょうは読よみやすい。

  Text written horizontally from left to right is easy to read.