土蜘蛛

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つちぐも [tsùchígúmó] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) つちぐも [tsùchígúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕiɡɯ̟mo̞]

Noun

土(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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