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    3. 縦読み

    縦読み

    縦たて読よみ​

    reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message)

    NTNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEducationInternet & Social MediaKanji Vocab32 strokes

    たてよみ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message), reading acrostically

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    Characters that make up this word

    縦
    たて…(1)
    vertical・length・height・self-indulgent・wayward
    Kanji
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
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