洗熊 (hiragana あらいぐま, katakana アライグマ, romaji araiguma, historical hiragana あらひぐま)
From 洗い (arai, “washing”) + 熊 (kuma, “bear”). Compare Chinese 浣熊 (literally “washbear”), Dutch wasbeer (literally “washbear”), German Waschbär (literally “washbear”), Luxembourgish Wäschbier (literally “washbear”), Icelandic þvottabjörn (literally “washbear”), Swedish tvättbjörn (literally “washbear”), Spanish oso lavador (literally “washer bear”), Italian orsetto lavatore (literally “washer bear cub”), Romanian ursuleț spălător (literally “washer bear cub”), French raton laveur (literally “washer baby rat”), Estonian pesukaru (literally “washbear”), Finnish pesukarhu (literally “washbear”), Hungarian mosómedve (literally “washbear”), Armenian ջրարջ (ǰrarǰ, literally “water bear”).