"くま" meaning in Japanese

See くま in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Kuma [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} くま • (Kuma)
  1. 久間: a surname
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-name-f4K9ETWS Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, 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: 52 5 5 5 14 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 68 4 4 4 9 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 68 4 4 4 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 6 6 6 14 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 7 7 7 13 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟ma̠] Forms: kuma [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} くま • (kuma)
  1. 熊: bear
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-qM6QqoI6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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
  2. 隈, 曲, 阿: shade, shadow, dark area
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-X6RBMpz4
  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
  4. 隈: (abbreviation) kumadori
    Sense id: en-くま-ja-noun-P-toL6fU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "Japanese",
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      ],
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          "熊#Japanese"
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    },
    {
      "other": "くま"
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ma̠]"
    }
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        ],
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          "阿#Japanese"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "nook",
          "nook"
        ],
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          "recess",
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        ]
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        ],
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          "阿#Japanese"
        ],
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          "shade"
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          "shadow",
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        ]
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          "曲",
          "曲#Japanese"
        ],
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          "阿",
          "阿#Japanese"
        ],
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        ],
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    }
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          "熊#Japanese"
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          "曲",
          "曲#Japanese"
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          "阿",
          "阿#Japanese"
        ],
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          "corner",
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          "nook",
          "nook"
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          "recess",
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      ],
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          "隈",
          "隈#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "曲",
          "曲#Japanese"
        ],
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          "阿",
          "阿#Japanese"
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          "shade",
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          "shadow",
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          "隈",
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          "曲",
          "曲#Japanese"
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          "阿#Japanese"
        ],
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Download raw JSONL data for くま meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). 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.

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