女郎蜘蛛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女 郎 蜘 蛛
じょ
Grade: 1 		ろう
Grade: S 		くも > ぐも
Hyōgai Hyōgai
on'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spellings
女郞蜘蛛 (kyūjitai)
絡新婦

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

女(じょ)郎(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)
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