女郎蜘蛛

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S
くも > ぐも
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
on’yomi jukujikun
Alternative spellings
女郞蜘蛛 (kyūjitai)
絡新婦
 女郎蜘蛛 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

女郎 (jorō, prostitute) +‎ 蜘蛛 (kumo, spider). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) じょろーぐ [jòróógúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

Noun[edit]

(じょ)(ろう)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 女郎蜘蛛(ジョロウグモ) (jorōgumoじよらうぐも (zyoraugumo) or ジヨラウグモ (zyoraugumo)?

  1. a jorōgumo
  2. a joro spider (Nephila clavata)