bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); anaguma castle (defensive opening)
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
Golden Bear (highest prize at the Berlin International Film Festival)
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
dried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine)
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Kumamoto Prefectural Police (abbr)
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
Silver Bear (award at the Berlin International Film Festival)
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
Ursa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear
uncultured but well-intentioned person; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Kumamoto Gakuen University
Prefectural University of Kumamoto
cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)
anaguma castle (defensive opening)
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
bear paw (meat treasured in ancient China); bear's palm
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu); Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu); Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture)
Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
the average Joe; the man in the street
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
bear; (fig.) valiant person
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
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
dried bear's gallbladder (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); Malayan bear
Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)
the average Joe; the man in the street
Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants)
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
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
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)
Kumamoto Industrial Research Center
Kumamoto Institute of Technology
Kumamoto Women's University
Kumamoto University of Commerce
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); Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
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)
Korean raspberry (Rubus crataegifolius)