Illustration: An Asiatic black bear sits beside a fallen log in a Japanese mountain forest, its pale crescent chest marking clearly visible. Its heavy hindquarters rest on the leaf litter while one broad, clawed paw lifts a broken branch bearing a few berries.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

熊くま

kuma

bear

Example sentences

  1. コアラは熊くまじゃないよ。

    Koalas are not bears.

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  2. 熊くまは木登きのぼりをします。

    Bears can climb trees.

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  3. 森もりの奥おくには熊くまがいる。

    In the heart of the forest are bears.

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Kanji in 熊

  • 熊bearOnユウKunくま

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