懶熊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懶	熊
なま(け) Hyōgai	くま > ぐま Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
懶け熊

Etymology

怠け (namake, stem of 怠ける (namakeru, “to be lazy”)) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なまけぐま [nàmákéꜜgùmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ke̞ɡɯ̟ma̠]

Noun

懶(なまけ)熊(ぐま) or 懶熊(ナマケグマ) • (namakeguma) 

1. a sloth bear

See also

• 怠(なま)け者(もの) (namakemono)