- がりょうてんせい
- [画竜点睛] ¶それは~を欠いているIt lacks the finishing touches [strokes].画龍点睛
臥龍点睛
画竜点睛
finishing touch (lit. adding eyes to dragon)
completing (something) by executing the final, critical step* * *がりょうてんせい【画竜点睛】¶それは~を欠いているIt lacks the finishing touches [strokes].* * *がりょうてんせい【画竜点睛】“completing the eyes of a painted dragon”; (adding) the finishing touch(es).●画竜点睛を施す add [put, give] the finishing [last vital] touch(es) 《to…》
・それは画竜点睛を欠く憾(うら)みがある. It's a shame the finishing touch was omitted.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.