画が竜りょう点てん睛せい

noun

finishing touches; last vital touch

A yojijukugo meaning the final crucial detail that brings a work to life. Often used in the phrase 画竜点睛を欠く (to lack the finishing touch).

• 彼かれのスピーチは素す晴ばらしかったが、最さい後ごの一ひと言ことが画が竜りょう点てん睛せいを欠かいた。

  His speech was excellent, but it lacked the finishing touch in the final remark.

• この絵えはあと一ひと筆ふでで画が竜りょう点てん睛せいとなる。

  This painting will be complete with just one more stroke as the finishing touch.