母
はは
(my) mother
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Examples
母は料理が上手です。
はははりょうりがじょうずです。
My mother is good at cooking.
母は今、台所にいます。
はははいま、だいどころにいます。
My mother is in the kitchen now.
毎日母に電話します。
まいにちははにでんわします。
I call my mother every day.
Common patterns
- 私の母
- my mother
- 父と母
- father and mother
- 母の料理
- my mother's cooking
Memory tip
Same rule as 父: 母 for your own mother when talking to outsiders, お母さん for other people's mothers or when calling her.
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