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お母さん (おかあさん) — mother (formal) | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

お母さん

おかあさん

N5

nounhonorific 尊敬語

Meanings

1mother (formal)
2mother
3mom
4mum
5wife
6you (of an elderly person older than the speaker)
7she
8her

Example sentence

友だちのお母さんはやさしいです。

ともだちのおかあさんはやさしいです。

My friend's mother is kind.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

母Mother5 strokes

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