It means 'bear.'
Japanese cruiser Kuma was created on 1920-08-31.
You may say 'chiisai kuma,' or 'chiisana kuma.' "Bear cub" would be 'kuma no ko.'
"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 no ko
kuma no osu
Satomi Ishikawa is known for her work as a Japanese author and illustrator of children's books. Some of her notable works include "Kuma-Kuma Chan's Home", "Kuma-Kuma Chan, the Little Bear", and "Kuma-Kuma Chan's Travels".
Kuma. Tamaki refers to it "Kuma-chan", which is basically the Japanese equivalent of "Teddy".
Bear.
The Japanese word for 'bear' is 'kuma'. =DDD Hope it helped.
suyoi kuma
Bear, as in the animal : Kuma Bear, as in, bear the pain: Shinobu
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.