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お母さん (おかあさん, okaasan) Japanese meaning: mother | Kotomora
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Mom, what's for dinner tonight?
Usage patterns お 母かあ さんに 似に ている to resemble one's mother
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
Honey, the kids are already asleep.
お 母かあ さんを 手伝てつだ う to help one's mother
I help my mother cook every day.
Related words 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 is a casual, childlike word for 'mommy', while お母さん is the more standard and respectful term.
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.
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.
Politeness 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.
Counted with The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
Written forms お 母かあ さん
Standard respectful term for one's own or someone else's mother.
おかーさん
Search-only kana form; represents a casual or elongated pronunciation.
Etymology 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.
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お母さん is the standard polite term for 'mother' usable in most contexts, while ママ is a more intimate, childlike term.
