熊

American badger (Taxidea taxus)

Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)

Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus); Asiatic black bear

Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)

three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)

kami of the three main Kumano shrines

Proverb

avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)

On trail signage, etc.

Beware of Bears; watch out for bears

bear farm; bear ranch

Organization name

Kumagai Morikazu Museum

Organization name

Kumamoto Industrial Research Center

Organization name

Prefectural University of Kumamoto

Organization name

Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art

Organization name

Kumamoto Institute of Technology

Organization name

Kumamoto Women's University

Organization name

Kumamoto University of Commerce

Organization name

Kumamoto Health Science University

Organization name

Kumamoto Prefectural Police (abbr)

Historical term

Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)

Historical term

Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture)

Rare term

panda

Rare term

honey badger (Mellivora capensis)

Rare term

bear; valiant person

Rare term

Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)

Rare term

mother bear with two cubs