が
画
りょう
竜
てん
点
せい
睛
　
を
か
欠
　
く

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to be incomplete, to feel incomplete, to lack the finishing touch.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
が
画
りょう
竜
てん
点
せい
睛
　
を
か
欠
　
く
 画竜点睛を欠く がりょうてんせいをかく
が
画
りょう
龍
てん
点
せい
睛
　
を
か
欠
　
く
 画龍点睛を欠く がりょうてんせいをかく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

brush-stroke, picture
ガ　カク　かく.する (2nd, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wherefore, a reason
ユウ　ユ　ユイ (3rd, N3)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
dragon, imperial
リュウ　たつ　リョウ (9th, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
lightning, electricity
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン　オン　かく.す
spot, point, mark
テン　つ.ける　とも.す (2nd, N3)
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う　セン　し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
pupil of the eye
セイ　ショウ　ひとみ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
blue, green
あお　セイ　お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ　か.ける　ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)