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    3. お母さん

    お母さん

    お​母かあさ​ん​

    mother

    N5KMT4News #5+1CoreFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    御母さん

    おかあさんおかーさん

    Noun

    1.
    mother, mom, mum, ma
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    2.
    wife
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    Pronoun

    3.
    you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), she, her
    familiar language

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    私わたしのお母かあさんは優やさしいです。

    My mother is kind.

    KMT2Family & Relationships
    週しゅう末まつはお母かあさんと一いっ緒しょに買かい物ものに行いきました。

    I went shopping with my mother on the weekend.

    KMT3Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    お母かあさん、今きょ日うの晩ばんご飯はんは何なんですか?

    Mom, what's for dinner tonight?

    KMT4Family & RelationshipsFood & Dining
    彼かの女じょは来らい月げつ、お母かあさんになります。

    She will become a mother next month.

    KMT4Family & Relationships
    子こ供どもたちはお母かあさんに感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを伝つたえるために手て紙がみを書かきました。

    The children wrote a letter to express their gratitude to their mother.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    母
    はは・も…(1)
    mother
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    さ
    sa
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
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