Keyword
bear
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig2159
Readings
くま
(89%)
ぐま
(10%)
Composed of
ability
fire sparks
Mnemonic

Do bears have the ability to spew fire sparks from their mouths and set the ground on fire? Of course not. But if they did... that would indeed be scary.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
brown bear
Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
rake; fork; bamboo rake
small bear; bear cub
small bear; bear cub
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
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
bear meat hotpot
bear hunting
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
mother bear
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
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)
bear's palm (meat treasured in Ancient China)
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
yak tail hair
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
the average Joe; the man in the street
bear; (fig.) valiant person
spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
water bear; tardigrades
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
coati; coatimundi
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); Malayan bear
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants)
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
the average Joe; the man in the street
large evergreen oak
black yak's tail
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)
Examples (29 in total)
No one noticed the bear's appearance.
The bear ran after me.
Did you see the bear?