ひぐま
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
brown bear
Pitch accent
ぞひ
ぐま
Composed of
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
brown bear (Ursus arctos)