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spider

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Spider's Thread (1918 short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)

to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

baby spider

spider monkey

Word usually written using kana alone

brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea); brittlestar

Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)

cobweb theorem

Rhizopus (saprobic fungus)

Taeniophyllum glandulosum (species of orchid)

spider's thread; spider silk

土蜘蛛 only; Word usually written using kana alone

Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider)

tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

poisonous spider; venomous spider

Obsolete term

wolf spider

Historical term

ruffian palanquin bearer (Edo period)

Derogatory

thug; ruffian; scoundrel; exploiter

jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)

絡新婦 only; Japanese mythology

spider yōkai

Medicine

subarachnoid hemorrhage; subarachnoid haemorrhage; SAH

Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)

Araneus ventricosus (species of orb-weaving spider)

Word usually written using kana alone

water spider (Argyroneta aquatica)

ninja water-walking shoes

jumping spider (any spider of family Salticidae)

huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

Anatomy

arachnoid mater; arachnoid membrane

prostrating oneself

sea spider