fabulous dolphin-like fish, killer whale, (kokuji)
1. orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale
2. shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being
3. roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
1. shachihoko; shachi
2. roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
1. golden shachihoko (ornament)
1. golden shachihoko (ornament)
1. ridge-end tile with the figure of a shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)
1. to stand on ceremony
2. to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
