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
		Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
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): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

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)