細蟹
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さ
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に
Meanings
1
spider; spider silk
archaic
Archaic word for 'spider' or 'spider silk'. In modern Japanese, 蜘蛛 (くも) is used for the animal and 蜘蛛の糸 for the silk. This term appears mainly in classical literature or poetry.
In old waka poems, 細蟹 is used to mean 'spider'.
The expression ささがにの糸 (spider's thread) appears in classical texts.