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お母さん
おかあさん
N5
noun
honorific 尊敬語
Meanings
1
mother (formal)
2
mother
3
mom
4
mum
5
wife
6
you (of an elderly person older than the speaker)
7
she
8
her
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
Mine a sentence — saw お母さん in the wild?
Kanji in this word
母
Mother
5 strokes
More words with
母
母校
ぼこう ·
alma mater
N1
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 ·
lady
N2
父母
Full entry on Jisho
ふぼ ·
father and mother
N2
祖母
そぼ ·
grandmother
N4
母
はは ·
(my) mother
N5
分母
ぶんぼ ·
denominator
N1
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