白熊

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 白熊 (しろくま) combines white 白 and bear 熊, read しろくま, as the ordinary name for a polar bear.
• Basic usage: It refers to the animal seen diving at a zoo or traveling across ice in a story.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A species name, not any white bear
  • In normal use, 白熊 names the polar bear rather than describing an arbitrary bear whose fur happens to be white.