Translation

nihon-anaguma means "Japanese Badger" in English.

nihon-anaguma is normally written with katakana, as ニホンアナグマ.
nihon-anaguma written with hiragana is にほんあなぐま.
nihon-anaguma written with kanji is 日本穴熊.
These are jouyou kanji 常用漢字, taught in junior high, chuugakkou 中学校.
Romaji ni ho n a na gu ma
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Meaning Japan Badger
School Level 小1 小1 小6

Orthography Notes

  • kuma くま becomes guma ぐま in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.

Synonyms

Scientific name: Meles anakuma.

Further Reading