土蜘蛛

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
つち
Grade: 1
くも > ぐも
Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi jukujikun
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Etymology

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(tsuchi, soil) +‎ 蜘蛛 (kumo, spider, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つち)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 土蜘蛛(ツチグモ) (tsuchigumo

  1. (historical) a renegade clan
  2. tsuchigumo, a member of a race of spider-like yokai
  3. (dialectal) Synonym of 地蜘蛛 (jigumo, Atypus karschi, a species of purse web spider)

Derived terms

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