Japanese

Noun

お母さん ‎(hiragana おかあさん, romaji okāsan)

1. (honorific) mother; one's mother

Alternative forms

• (honorific, polite) 御母様 ‎(okāsama)
• (honorific, polite) 御母様 ‎(okakasama)
• (honorific, childish) 御母様 ‎(otāsama)
• (honorific, childish) 御母様 ‎(otatasama)
• (honorific, polite) 御嬶様 ‎(okakasama)
• (honorific, archaic) 御母さん ‎(okakasan)
• (honorific, archaic) 御嬶さん ‎(okakasan)

See also

• 母 ‎(haha): a mother
• 母 ‎(kaka)
• 嚊 ‎(kaka)
• 嬶 ‎(kaka) (vulgar)
• ママ ‎(mama): (childish) mama, a childish form of mother, one's female parent
• お袋: (informal) one's mother
• 御袋 ‎(ofukuro): (informal) one's mother
• 親母 ‎(ofukuro): one's old woman; one's own mother
• 母堂 ‎(bodō): (formal, written) one's mother
• 母様 ‎(kāsama)
• 母さん ‎(kakasan)
• 御母 ‎(okaka)
• 御嬶 ‎(okaka)

Descendants

• Min Nan: 卡桑 ‎(khà-sàng) (Taiwanese)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3