bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); anaguma castle (defensive opening)
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu); Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture)
dried bear's gallbladder (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
onikuma; monster resembling a large bear that steals livestock
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Ursa Major (constellation)
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
uncultured but well-intentioned person; 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
Kumamoto Prefectural Police (abbr)
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)
Kumamoto Women's University
Prefectural University of Kumamoto
Kumamoto Gakuen University
Kumamoto Institute of Technology
Kumamoto University of Commerce
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
Kumamoto Industrial Research Center
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Golden Bear (highest prize at the Berlin International Film Festival)
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)
Silver Bear (award at the Berlin International Film Festival)
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
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)
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)
Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
Korean raspberry (Rubus crataegifolius)
Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)
greediness; avariciousness