お母かあさん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Honorific term for mother; used for one's own mother or when referring to someone else's mother. The polite prefix お adds respect.

お母かあさんに似にているto resemble one's mother
彼かの女じょは顔かおがお母かあさんに似にている。
She looks a lot like her mother.
お母かあさん、〜used by a husband to call to his wife in front of the children
お母かあさん、子こ供どもたちがもう寝ねたよ。
Honey, the kids are already asleep.
お母かあさんを手伝てつだうto help one's mother
毎まい日にちお母かあさんを手伝てつだって料りょう理りを作つくります。
I help my mother cook every day.

母はは親おやN3sense 1
母親 is a neutral, formal term for 'mother' as a parent, while お母さん is warmer and used in everyday family speech.
ママN3sense 1
ママ is a casual, childlike word for 'mommy', while お母さん is the more standard and respectful term.
お母かあ様さまN2
お母様 is the very formal, respectful term for 'mother', while お母さん is the everyday polite word used by most people in normal conversation.
お袋ふくろN1
お母さん is the polite, widely-used word for mother that can even be used to address her directly, whereas お袋 is casual, male-leaning slang used only when talking about her to others.
ママさん
お母さん is the standard polite word for 'mother', while ママさん is a more casual, affectionate variant often used by children or in community contexts like ママさんバレー.

母ははhumble 謙譲語N5sense 1
母 is the humble form used when speaking about one's own mother to outsiders, while お母さん is the honorific form used to address her directly or refer to someone else's mother.
母かあさんplainsense 1
母さん is a plain, slightly less polite way to address one's mother, while お母さん adds the honorific prefix お for a more polite, standard tone.
ママplainN3
お母さん is the standard polite term for 'mother' usable in most contexts, while ママ is a more intimate, childlike term.

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

Formed from お and 母さん. The element かあ in 母さん developed from an earlier nursery word for “mother,” also seen in かか and かか様.