General term for mother, used in modern Japanese as a loanword, often in compound words or brand names. Less common than native 母 (はは) in everyday family contexts.
She is the mother of three children.
Mother Superior; Mother (title for a senior nun)
Used as a title for a senior nun in Christian contexts, equivalent to Mother Superior.
Since the computer wouldn't start, I replaced the motherboard.
マザーズデーにカーネーションを贈った。
I gave carnations on Mother's Day.
I installed the CPU on the new motherboard.
Mother Teresa is respected by many people.
It got too hot and the motherboard short-circuited.
ファーザー is the loanword counterpart meaning 'father', paired with マザー as 'mother' in modern, often stylized usage.
godmother
host mother · surrogate mother
mother tape
motherboard
motherland
single mother
surrogate mother
mother country
working mother
mama's boy; excessive attachment to one's mother · Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
Borrowed from English 'mother'.