[しょ, sho] (n, n-suf) (1) document; book; (n) (2) penmanship; handwriting; calligraphy (esp. Chinese) #622
[かきかた, kakikata] (n) (1) way of writing; manner of writing; (2) penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; (3) format (e.g. of a report); (4) stroke order of a character; (P) #5771
[つか, tsuka] (n, n-suf) (1) { math } lattice; (n, n-suf, ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows) #8371
[しょどう, shodou] (n, adj-no) (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters) (See カリグラフィー) calligraphy; (P) #9244
[karigurafi-] (n) (esp. calligraphy not based on Chinese characters) (See 書道) calligraphy
[いりん, irin] (n) (See 臨書) copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy); copying freely
[いちぎょうもの, ichigyoumono] (n) scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)
[みぎはらい, migiharai] (n) in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right
[うんえんひどう, un'enhidou] (n) (1) flying clouds and drifting haze; (2) magnificent calligraphy; vivid penmanship
[えんそう, ensou] (n) circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy
[かいりょうばんし, kairyoubanshi] (n) type of Japanese calligraphy paper
[かんていりゅう, kanteiryuu] (n) Kantei style of calligraphy
[ざれがき, zaregaki] (n) something written for fun; calligraphy written for entertainment
[きっしょ, kissho] (n) (See 書き初め) first calligraphy of the year
[けいりん, keirin] (n) (See 臨書) copying calligraphy from a model
[ごたい, gotai] (n) (1) (五体 only) the whole body; limbs; (2) (See 行書, 書道, 真書, 草書, 大篆, 八分・はっぷん, 隷書, 楷書, 篆書) the five styles in Japanese calligraphy; (P)
[おいえりゅう, oieryuu] (n) (See 青蓮院流) Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period
[ねぎしりゅう, negishiryuu] (n) conservative calligraphy style used to write sumo rankings
[ひだりはらい, hidariharai] (n) in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
[しじんぼっかく;しじんぼっきゃく, shijinbokkaku ; shijinbokkyaku] (n) poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy
[てがあがる, tegaagaru] (exp, v5r) to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
[てほんちょう, tehonchou] (n) book of calligraphy samples; copybook; portfolio
[かきぞめ, kakizome] (n) first calligraphy of the year; (P)
[しょが, shoga] (n) paintings and writings (of calligraphy)
[しょどうじてん, shodoujiten] (n) calligraphy dictionary
[しょふう, shofuu] (n) style of handwriting or calligraphy
[しょほう, shohou] (n, adj-no) penmanship; calligraphy
[しょうれんいんりゅう, shouren'inryuu] (n) style of calligraphy
[ぜんしょ, zensho] (n) beautiful calligraphy; calligrapher; good book
[そうこうほう, soukouhou] (n) (See 単鉤法) in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers
[たんこうほう, tankouhou] (n) (See 双鉤法) in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger
[てんせつ, tensetsu] (n) in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards
[にゅうぼく, nyuuboku] (n) calligraphy
[のうしょ, nousho] (n) excellent calligraphy; calligraphy
[はたい, hatai] (n) in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
[はいりん, hairin] (n) (See 臨書) copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy)
[はんし, hanshi] (n) Japanese writing paper used for calligraphy
[ふでペン, fude pen] (n) calligraphy pen
[ふでや, fudeya] (n) brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller
[ひっせき(P);ふであと(筆跡), hisseki (P); fudeato ( hisseki )] (n, adj-no) (1) handwriting; (n) (2) calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph; (P)
[ひつぜんどう, hitsuzendou] (n) Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)
[ひょういもじ;ひょういもんじ, hyouimoji ; hyouimonji] (n, adj-no) ideograph; ideographs; hieroglyph; hieroglyphs; calligraphy
[ふうりゅういんじ, fuuryuuinji] (n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
[ふうりゅうざんまい, fuuryuuzanmai] (n) taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
[ぶんじんぼっかく;ぶんじんぼっきゃく, bunjinbokkaku ; bunjinbokkyaku] (n) writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy
[ぶんぼうしほう, bunboushihou] (n) in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper
[くずしがき, kuzushigaki] (n) cursive style of writing or calligraphy; (P)
[ほうじょう, houjou] (n) copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
[ぼっこんりんり, bokkonrinri] (adj-t, adv-to) dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes
[めいひつ, meihitsu] (n) outstanding work of calligraphy