noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. skim reading.
  2. reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
斜め読み ななめよみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

diagonal, slanting, oblique
なな.め シャ はす (Early Jr. High, N1)
too much, myself, surplus
ヨ あま.る あんま.り (5th, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, (木 variant)
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper
ト ます トウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
read
よ.む ドク よみ (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
sell
う.る バイ うり (2nd, N4)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (5th, N1)
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)