オロチ

noun

giant snake; monster serpent

Poetic or mythological term for a huge, monstrous snake, often associated with Japanese legends like Yamata no Orochi.

• ヤマタノオロチは八やっつの頭あたまを持もつ巨きょ大だいな蛇へびだ。

  Yamata no Orochi is a giant serpent with eight heads.

• その昔むかし話ばなしには、村むらを襲おそうオロチが登とう場じょうする。

  In that old tale, an orochi appears that attacks the village.