See くま on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuma",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "隈",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "曲",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "阿",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "くま"
},
"expansion": "くま • (kuma)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 27 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 26 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"隈, 曲, 阿: corner, nook, recess"
],
"id": "en-くま-ja-noun-W1BObFTJ",
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
],
[
"曲",
"曲#Japanese"
],
[
"阿",
"阿#Japanese"
],
[
"corner",
"corner"
],
[
"nook",
"nook"
],
[
"recess",
"recess"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 27 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 26 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"隈, 曲, 阿: shade, shadow, dark area"
],
"id": "en-くま-ja-noun-X6RBMpz4",
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
],
[
"曲",
"曲#Japanese"
],
[
"阿",
"阿#Japanese"
],
[
"shade",
"shade"
],
[
"shadow",
"shadow"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 27 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 26 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"隈, 曲, 阿: dark circles under one's eyes. often clarified as 目の下のくま."
],
"id": "en-くま-ja-noun-14psqPkH",
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
],
[
"曲",
"曲#Japanese"
],
[
"阿",
"阿#Japanese"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
],
[
"circle",
"circle"
],
[
"eyes",
"eyes"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "25 10 29 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 11 27 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 15 20 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 16 34 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 27 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 26 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"隈: (abbreviation) kumadori"
],
"id": "en-くま-ja-noun-P-toL6fU",
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "くま"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟ma̠]"
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"熊",
"久間"
],
"senses": [
{
"id": "en-くま-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuma",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "くま (kuma)",
"name": "ryu-head"
}
],
"lang": "Okinawan",
"lang_code": "ryu",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "26 13 27 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 13 26 13 0 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "80 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Okinawan hiragana",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Okinawan pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "83 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ryu",
"name": "Ursids",
"orig": "ryu:Ursids",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"熊: bear"
],
"id": "en-くま-ryu-noun-qM6QqoI6",
"links": [
[
"熊",
"熊#Okinawan"
],
[
"bear",
"bear"
]
]
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "く",
"3": "まー",
"pos1": "pronoun",
"pos2": "where",
"t1": "this",
"tr1": "ku",
"tr2": "maa"
},
"expansion": "く (ku, “this”, pronoun) + まー (maa, where)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested as 고마 (/ko.ma/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501).\nく (ku, “this”, pronoun) + まー (maa, where)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuma",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "くま (kuma)",
"name": "ryu-head"
}
],
"lang": "Okinawan",
"lang_code": "ryu",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Okinawan hiragana",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Okinawan pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"here; this place, area, or part (near the speaker)"
],
"id": "en-くま-ryu-pron-ypF8JLlm",
"links": [
[
"deictically",
"deictically"
],
[
"here",
"here"
],
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(deictically) here; this place, area, or part (near the speaker)"
],
"tags": [
"deictically"
]
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese compound terms",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuma",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "隈",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "曲",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "阿",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "くま"
},
"expansion": "くま • (kuma)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"隈, 曲, 阿: corner, nook, recess"
],
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
],
[
"曲",
"曲#Japanese"
],
[
"阿",
"阿#Japanese"
],
[
"corner",
"corner"
],
[
"nook",
"nook"
],
[
"recess",
"recess"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"隈, 曲, 阿: shade, shadow, dark area"
],
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
],
[
"曲",
"曲#Japanese"
],
[
"阿",
"阿#Japanese"
],
[
"shade",
"shade"
],
[
"shadow",
"shadow"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"隈, 曲, 阿: dark circles under one's eyes. often clarified as 目の下のくま."
],
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
],
[
"曲",
"曲#Japanese"
],
[
"阿",
"阿#Japanese"
],
[
"dark",
"dark"
],
[
"circle",
"circle"
],
[
"eyes",
"eyes"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese abbreviations"
],
"glosses": [
"隈: (abbreviation) kumadori"
],
"links": [
[
"隈",
"隈#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "くま"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟ma̠]"
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese compound terms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"熊",
"久間"
],
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"categories": [
"Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
"Okinawan hiragana",
"Okinawan lemmas",
"Okinawan nouns",
"Okinawan pronouns",
"Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ryu:Ursids"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuma",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "くま (kuma)",
"name": "ryu-head"
}
],
"lang": "Okinawan",
"lang_code": "ryu",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"熊: bear"
],
"links": [
[
"熊",
"熊#Okinawan"
],
[
"bear",
"bear"
]
]
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
{
"categories": [
"Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
"Okinawan hiragana",
"Okinawan lemmas",
"Okinawan pronouns",
"Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "く",
"3": "まー",
"pos1": "pronoun",
"pos2": "where",
"t1": "this",
"tr1": "ku",
"tr2": "maa"
},
"expansion": "く (ku, “this”, pronoun) + まー (maa, where)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested as 고마 (/ko.ma/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501).\nく (ku, “this”, pronoun) + まー (maa, where)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuma",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "くま (kuma)",
"name": "ryu-head"
}
],
"lang": "Okinawan",
"lang_code": "ryu",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"here; this place, area, or part (near the speaker)"
],
"links": [
[
"deictically",
"deictically"
],
[
"here",
"here"
],
[
"this",
"this"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(deictically) here; this place, area, or part (near the speaker)"
],
"tags": [
"deictically"
]
}
],
"word": "くま"
}
Download raw JSONL data for くま meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.