[Japanese Flashcards]
お母さん /okaasan/
mother (normal)
お母さんの具合はどう?
How’s your mother?
ママ /mama/
mother (normal)
ママ、晩ごはん何時?
Mom, when’s supper?
母 /haha/
mother (formal)
Happy Mother’s Day!
母は
My mother isn’t at home.
母ちゃん /kaachan/
mother (casual)
母ちゃんも同じ事いってたな。だからどうしたってんだよ。オレにゃ
Mum said the same thing. But, so what? It’s got nothing to do with me.
母さん /kaasan/
mother (a bit casual)
母さんは、女だてらに男だらけの中、
Mum, a mere woman surrounded by men, works in a construction company as a site foreman.
母親 /hahaoya/
mother (formal)
彼は母親に
He was scolded by his mother.
The son asked a question of his mother.
母上 /hahaue/
mother (aristocratic)
おふくろ /ofukuro/
boyish
おふくろはおやじと80
My mom married my dad in the 80s.
おふくろは僕なんかより、いつも
My mother always puts my sister before me.
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