母はは上うえ

noun

mother (honorific)

A respectful, somewhat dated term for one's own or someone else's mother. Often used in historical or formal contexts; in modern casual speech, お母さん is more common.

• 母はは上うえはどちらにいらっしゃいますか。

  Where is your honored mother?

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、武ぶ士しが「母はは上うえ」と呼よびかける場ば面めんがよくある。

  In period dramas, samurai often address their mothers as 母上.