画竜点睛（がりょうてんせい）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: finishing touch / key detail
Example sentences
- 最後の一手が画竜点睛となった。 — The final move was the finishing touch that brought it all together.
- 画竜点睛を欠くと惜しい。 — It would be a shame to miss that crucial finishing touch.
Idioms & proverbs containing “画竜点睛”
- 画竜点睛を欠く (がりょうてんせいをかく) — to be incomplete; to feel incomplete; to lack the finishing touch
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