Translation

komorigumo means "Wolf Spider" in English.

komorigumo is normally written with katakana, as コモリグモ.
komorigumo written with hiragana is こもりぐも.
komorigumo written with kanji is 子守蜘蛛.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
Romaji ko mo ri gu mo
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji 蜘蛛
Meaning Babysitter Spider
School Level 小1 小3 ,

Orthography Notes

  • kumo くも becomes gumo ぐも in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.
  • kumo is a jukujikun 熟字訓 reading for 蜘蛛 in this word. That is: those kanji are only read that way when they come together like that.

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