母

thumbprint

yeast fungus

immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

matrix (printing)

酢漿草／酸漿草／鳩酸草／酢母草 only; Word usually written using kana alone

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel

mothering; job of being a mother

spotted jelly (Mastigias papua); lagoon jelly; golden medusa; Papuan jellyfish

home for mothers and children

great-great-grandmother

Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)

yeast mash; yeast starter

fritillary (Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii)

letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character

matrix; printing type

Linguistics

representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant

tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)

Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)

welding base metal; parent metal

base material (in construction, etc.)

mother's side (of the family)

sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters

base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock; wall rock

lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

Christianity

mother church; main church

Christianity

church where one was baptized

northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)

gabled, hipped roof

story of maternal love