bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
yak hair dyed red; red hair; frizzled fake hair; curly fake hair
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Ursa Major (constellation)
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
yak hair dyed red; red hair; frizzled fake hair; curly fake hair
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
Ursa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)
defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)
bear's palm (meat treasured in Ancient China)
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
the average Joe; the man in the street
spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
bear; (fig.) valiant person
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); Malayan bear
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants)
the average Joe; the man in the street
hair tied with red yak's tail hair
mother bear with two cubs
greediness; avariciousness
three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
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)
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)
Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus); Asiatic black bear
ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)
Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)
Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)