"Kuma" is the romanization of the word for bear in Japanese. In kanji, it is written 熊 or in hiragana it it written くま.
Kuma
Polar Bear in Japanese is Shirokuma. シロクマ
The Japanese word for 'bear' is 'kuma'. =DDD Hope it helped.
A bear in Japanese.
テディベア
White = shiro bear (animal) = kuma
True you can say, "kuroguma" but that would be the direct translation from English. The name for black bears in Japanese is, "tsukino waguma". Meaning moon bear, or crescent bear.
Bear, as in the animal : Kuma Bear, as in, bear the pain: Shinobu
kuma no osu
kuma no ko
It means 'bear.'
熊のかぎ爪 : 'kuma no kagidzume' means 'bear claw(s)' in Japanese.
When translated into Japanese, big bear would be Okina kuma, okina meaning big and kuma meaning bear. In Japanese hiragana, big bear would look like this 大きなクマ.