お義か母あさん

noun

mother-in-law

Polite term for one's spouse's mother. Used both as a form of address and when referring to her in conversation.

• お義母かあさんは料りょう理りがとても上手じょうずです。

  My mother-in-law is very good at cooking.

• お義母かあさん、これ、つまらないものですが。

  Mother-in-law, this is just a little something for you.

noun

foster mother

Polite term for a woman who raises a child as her own, though not the biological mother. Less common than the mother-in-law sense.

• 彼かの女じょは幼おさない頃ころからお義母かあさんに育そだてられた。

  She was raised by her foster mother from a young age.

noun

stepmother

Polite term for the wife of one's father who is not one's biological mother. Used in address and reference.

• お義母かあさんとは最さい初しょはぎこちなかったけど、今いまは仲なか良よしです。

  At first things were awkward with my stepmother, but now we get along well.