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母 kanji — Mother | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

母

Mother

5 strokes

N5

On readings 音読み

ぼ

Kun readings 訓読み

はは、も

Built from

SunDrop

Memory hook

A figure with two drops — a mother nursing two babies.

Words using 母

母はは(my) motherN5 伯母さん; 叔母さんおばさんauntN5 お母さんおかあさんmother (formal)N5 祖母そぼgrandmotherN4 母親ははおやmotherN3 叔母おばaunt (younger than one's parent)N2 伯母おば(humble) aunt (older than one's parent)N2 小母さんおばさんladyN2 父母ふぼfather and motherN2 分母ぶんぼdenominatorN1 母校ぼこうalma materN1 母国ぼこくone's home country (same as 自分の国 (じぶんのくに))N1

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