母

• 読み: はは
• ローマ字: haha
• 漢字の分解: 母 (haha/bo) — mother
• 発音: /ha.ha/

意味

Mother. The humble term used when referring to one's own mother.

Used when speaking about your own mother to others. This is the humble form, while お母さん is used when referring to someone else's mother or addressing your own mother directly. A key example of the uchi/soto (in-group/out-group) distinction in Japanese.

例文

1. 母は先生です。
2. 母が作った料理はおいしいです。
3. 毎朝母と話します。

使い方ガイド

場面: self-introduction, talking about family, formal conversation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

An ancient Japanese word. The kanji 母 is a pictograph of a woman with two dots representing breasts, symbolizing a nursing mother.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal