Welcome aBoard, Loquens. :-)
At least one person thinks it's Latin:
Latin is Nephila clavata (Tetragnathidae) Latin This site seems somewhat more credible.
Nephila clavata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Korean Journal of Biological Sciences And here is something slightly closer to answering your question:
You can hardly walk through a forest without noticing, or being confronted by, the big webs of Nephila clavata. The female grows several times bigger than the male as you can see the photo. The male is most likely to fall prey to the female after they have copulated. The Japanese name means a prostitute (Joro) but it is said to be a misinterpretation. The original word is supposed to be Jouro (a high-ranking woman in the harem of Tokugawa Shogun.) Whichever is plausible considering the tragic relationship between the male and female. tokyo nature (Oops--you already knew that, didn't you? My bad.)
