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    母方

    母はは方かた

    mother's side of family

    KMT9News #28+1Ref L2Family & RelationshipsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ははかた

    Noun

    1.
    mother's side of family

    Particle

    2.
    maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょは母はは方かたの祖そ母ぼに似にている。

    She resembles her maternal grandmother.

    KMT7Family & Relationships
    私わたの母はは方かたの親しん戚せきは皆みな、関かん西さいに住すんでいる。

    All my relatives on my mother's side live in Kansai.

    KMT9Family & Relationships
    母はは方かたの祖そ父ふは昔むかし、漁りょう師しだったそうだ。

    I heard my maternal grandfather used to be a fisherman.

    KMT9Family & Relationships
    お盆ぼんには母はは方かたの実じっ家かへ帰き省せいするのが恒こう例れいだ。

    It's customary to return to my mother's family home during Obon.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは母はは方かたの家か系けいに伝つたわる古ふるい習しゅう慣かんを大たい切せつにしている。

    He cherishes the old customs passed down through his maternal family line.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    母
    はは・も…(1)
    mother
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
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