bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
the average Joe; the man in the street
Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants)
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; (lit.) the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)
Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)
greediness; avariciousness