クマンバチ

noun

Japanese carpenter bee

Specifically refers to Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans, a large native bee. Often written in kana.

See also: 熊蜂

• クマンバチは大おおきな羽は音おとを立たてて飛とぶ。

  The Japanese carpenter bee flies with a loud buzzing sound.

noun

wasp; hornet; yellow jacket

Colloquial use; in everyday speech, クマンバチ can refer to any large stinging insect like a wasp or hornet, though technically inaccurate.

• 庭にわにクマンバチが巣すを作つくって危あぶない。

  A wasp has built a nest in the garden and it's dangerous.