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お袋

おふくろ

nounusually kanacolloquial

Meanings

1mother
2(one's) mother

Example sentence

お袋の前ではそのことに触れるな。

Don't talk about it in my mother's presence.

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Kanji in this word

袋Sack, Bag, Pouch11 strokes

More words with 袋

手袋てぶくろ · glove(s)N4 紙袋かみぶくろ · paper bag 袋ふくろ · bagN3 足袋たび · Japanese socks (with split toe)N3

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