しゃちほこ【鯱】
shachihoko
1. shachihoko; shachi
2. roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
Noun
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fabulous dolphin-like fish, killer whale, (kokuji)
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