お母さん
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word お母さん
1
Honorific; Common noun
mother; mom; mum; ma
Examples
お母さんに口答えしてはいけませんよ。
Don't answer your mother back.
2
Honorific; Common noun
wife
3
Familiar; Pronoun
you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her
Kanji in this Word
母
5 strokes
Frequency: 570
JLPT N4
Grade 2
Meanings
mother
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ボ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はは
も
御
12 strokes
Frequency: 1087
JLPT N2
Grade 8
Meanings
honorable
manipulate
govern
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ギョ
ゴ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おん-
お-
み-
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
う
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