[しょうき, shouki] (n) (1) Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80, 000 demons; (2) Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)
[らくようのしかをたかめる, rakuyounoshikawotakameru] (exp, v1) (id) (arch) to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang