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母

Mother

5 strokes

On readings 音読み

ぼ

Kun readings 訓読み

はは、も

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SunDrop

Memory hook

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

Words using 母

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