JLPT N5 · Pronoun

お母さん (okaasan)

お母さん (おかあさん, okaasan) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “mother; mom”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おかあさん
Romaji: okaasan
Word class: Pronoun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

mother; mom; mum; ma · noun · honorific
wife · noun · honorific
you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her · pronoun · familiar

Example sentences

お母さんに口答えしてはいけませんよ。

Don't answer your mother back.

Tatoeba #226625

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in お母さん

母

motherボ・はは・も · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お母さん.

母ははmother伯母さんおばさんaunt祖母そぼgrandmother母親ははおやmother伯母おばaunt叔母おばaunt父母ふぼfather and mother小母さんおばさんold lady分母ぶんぼdenominator母校ぼこうalma mater母国ぼこくone's home country

Source: JMdict entry 1002650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.