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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
はは ·
(my) mother
N5
母親
ははおや ·
mother
N3
父母
ふぼ ·
father and mother
N2
祖母
そぼ ·
grandmother
N4
母体
ぼたい ·
Full entry on Jisho
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth)
母子
ぼし ·
mother and child
義母
ぎぼ ·
mother-in-law
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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