母かあちゃん

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Meanings

children's language

Affectionate, childlike term for one's mother. Used mainly by children or in a warm, informal family context. Similar to お母ちゃん but more casual.

〈人ひと〉〉が母かあちゃんに叱しかられるto get scolded by one's mom
宿しゅく題だいをしなかったから母かあちゃんに叱しかられた。
I got scolded by my mom because I didn't do my homework.
母かあちゃんが〈事こと〉〉を心配しんぱいするfor one's wife to worry about something
俺おれが遅おそく帰かえると母かあちゃんが心しん配ぱいするんだ。
My wife worries when I come home late.
母かあちゃんの手料理てりょうりmom's home cooking
久ひさしぶりに母かあちゃんの手て料りょう理りを食たべた。
I had my mom's home cooking for the first time in a while.

女にょう房ぼうN2sense 2
女房 is another casual, somewhat old-fashioned word a husband uses for his wife, similar in tone to 母ちゃん in its second sense.
母かあさん sense 1
母さん is a bit more standard and less childish-sounding than 母ちゃん, and is used by both children and adults.
嫁よめN2sense 2
嫁 is a common casual term for one's wife, less specifically tied to the 'family' warmth that 母ちゃん carries.
お袋ふくろN1sense 1
お袋 is a rougher, masculine term for one's mother typically used by adult men, unlike the childlike 母ちゃん.
ママN3sense 1
ママ is a modern, often trendier way young children (or adults imitating them) call their mother, while 母ちゃん feels more old-fashioned and rural.

父とうちゃん
父ちゃん is the familiar word for dad, while 母ちゃん is its exact female counterpart, meaning mom.

お母かあちゃんpolite 丁寧語sense 1
お母ちゃん adds the polite prefix お to 母ちゃん, making it a slightly softer, more affectionate way to address one's mother.

Derived from 母 (かあ, 'mother') with the affectionate suffix ちゃん. The reading かあ is a contraction of かか, an old child's word for mother.