Word Meaning 穴熊

あなぐま anaguma

穴熊 is read as あなぐま (anaguma) and means Eurasian badger (Meles meles).

Meaning

English

  1. Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
  2. badger
  3. defensive opening for shogi

Reading

Kana

あなぐま

Romaji

anaguma

Writing Variants

  • 穴熊 あなくま anakuma
  • あなくま anakuma
  • あなぐま anaguma

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 5595 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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穴熊囲い

あなぐまがこい

defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)

日本穴熊

にほんあなぐま

Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)

アメリカ穴熊

あめりかあなぐま

American badger (Taxidea taxus)

鼬穴熊

いたちあなぐま

ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)

蜜穴熊

みつあなぐま

honey badger (Mellivora capensis)

あな

(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

穴埋め

あなうめ

cloze deletion (test format)

穴場

あなば

betting booth (at a racecourse)

くま

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

子守熊

こもりぐま

koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

三つ熊

みつぐま

mother bear with two cubs

北極熊

ほっきょくぐま

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)