点字

てんじ

Braille

同の字点

どうのじてん

kanji iteration mark

二の字点

にのじてん

iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi)

一の字点

いちのじてん

kana iteration mark

指点字

ゆびてんじ

finger Braille, system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter

点字ブロック

てんじブロック

bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

漢点字

かんてんじ

braille kanji

くの字

くのじ

the hiragana character "ku"

字送り点

じおくりてん

escapement point

点く

つく

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on), to be lighted

のの字

ののじ

loop; shape of a hiragana "no"

大の字

だいのじ

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched), sprawling, lying spread-eagled

御の字

おんのじ

most satisfactory

８の字

はちのじ

figure eight, figure of eight

喜の字

きのじ

77th birthday

ほの字

ほのじ

the L-word (i.e. love)

正の字

せいのじ

unit of five (in tallies, etc.)

川の字

かわのじ

(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); "river" character

への字

へのじ

mouth shaped like a kana "he" character, mouth turned down at the corners