"くま" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟ma̠] Forms: kuma [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|くま}} くま • (kuma)
  1. 隈, 曲, 阿: corner, nook, recess
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-W1BObFTJ Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 16 34 16
  2. 隈, 曲, 阿: shade, shadow, dark area
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-X6RBMpz4 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 16 34 16
  3. 隈, 曲, 阿: dark circles under one's eyes. often clarified as 目の下のくま.
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-14psqPkH Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 16 34 16
  4. 隈: (abbreviation) kumadori
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-P-toL6fU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 10 29 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 10 27 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 13 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 16 34 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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          "曲",
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Download raw JSONL data for くま meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "くま",
  "trace": ""
}

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