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母さん (かあさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Meanings 1
noun
mother ; mom
Casual term for one's own mother, used when addressing her or referring to her within the family. Less formal than お母さん.
See also: お母さん
母かあ
さん
は
料りょう
理り
が
上手じょうず
だ
。
My mom is good at cooking.
2
noun
wife ; the missus
colloquial
Colloquial, used by a husband when speaking to or about his own wife, often with a familiar or slightly old-fashioned tone. Not used for someone else's wife.
Similar words お 母かあ さん Polite and standard term for mother, used for one's own or someone else's mother. 母さん is more casual and intimate.
母はは Humble form used when speaking about one's own mother to outsiders. 母さん is casual and used within the family.
妻つま Neutral term for wife. 母さん as 'wife' is colloquial and used by a husband, often implying a long-married, familiar relationship.
Etymology Derived from 母 (haha, 'mother') with the honorific suffix さん (san), contracted to かあさん. The reading かかさん is an older, now obsolete variant.
