noun:

• calligraphy dictionary

noun:

• Kantei style of calligraphy

noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

noun:

• in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】・懸腕

noun:

• excellent calligraphy; calligraphy

noun / ~する noun:

• initial brush stroke in calligraphy

noun:

• in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

noun:

• type of Japanese calligraphy paper

noun:

• conservative calligraphy style used to write rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• beautiful calligraphy; calligrapher; good book

noun:

• taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• something written for fun; calligraphy written for entertainment

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting

noun:

• copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy) ➜ 臨書

noun:

• brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol) - idiom

noun:

• Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)