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母
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(one's) late mother
Examples
この絵を見ると必ず亡き母を思い出す。
I cannot look at this picture without thinking of my dead mother.
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jellyfish
Examples
今日はクラゲがいるから気をつけて。
There are jellyfish out there today, so watch out.
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Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
Examples
数年前の母の日に、義母にロケットをプレゼントしました。
A few years ago, on Mother's Day, I gave my stepmother a locket as a present.
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Familiar; Vocative; usu. used with suffix さん or 様
old lady; ma'am
Examples
かつてのアイドルも４０過ぎるとただのおばさんか。
Former pop stars are just plain old women by the time they're 40.
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Linguistics
vowel
Examples
この母音変化はそれぞれの単語に指定される全体のアクセントパターンと大いに関係している。
This vowel change has much to do with the overall accent pattern assigned to each word.
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Word usually written using kana alone
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
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Word usually written using kana alone
nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
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夜鷹 only
streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period)
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夜鷹 only; Abbreviation
soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors
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mother tongue; native language
Examples
フランス語が彼らの母語です。
French is their mother tongue.
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Linguistics
protolanguage; parent language