Keyword
mother
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Kyūjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig105
Simplified form毋
Readings
はは
(34%)
かあ
(31%)
ば
(11%)
ぼ
(10%)
かか
(8%)
あ
(1%)
は
(1%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of woman's breasts with nipples, turned on its side.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
strawberry
thumb
giving guidance
hemlock
Used in vocabulary (379 in total)
mother
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
Examples (200 in total)
This is my mother.
The boy simply wanted to be with his mother.
I cooked with my mother.
That is why I understood my mother's feelings painfully well.
Did mom make it for you?
I'll try talking to my mother.
Didn't your mom scold you?
She seems to be thinking about her mother.
Mother seemed to be quite troubled.
However, my mother never did anything cruel to me.
I am playing with my mother now.
If it hadn't been for that, my mother would never have been driven out of the village.
Mom says to come home early.
I want to become a mother like my mother.
What are you saying to your own mother?
It's a photo of your mother when she was young.
Incidentally, I have almost no memory of my mother.
Even my gentle mother says harsh things at times.
Mothers are soft on their sons.
I was having tea with my mother until just a moment ago.
I think my mother will be happy too.
Mom, what's wrong?
Mom, listen to me!
When I came to in the hospital, my mother was by my side.
My mother keeps calling me over and over, and it is annoying.
My mother asked me to watch the shop.
If you're free, Mom, help out too.
You be careful too, Mom.
My mom and dad often scolded me too.
I found a spare moment at work and wrote a letter to my mother.
I followed my mother out of the room.
No, my mother must have sensed it too.
When did Mom separate from Dad?
But, as before, I still cannot get close to my mother.
No matter how much the child called out beside her, it never reached her mother's heart.
If I could, I would have liked to reveal right here that I was her mother.
I was brought into this world wanted, at least by my mother.
I got an email from my mother, and then she called as well.
My father isn't good with machines, and my mother can't even send an email.
As I said, my mother is a strict person.
You are admirable for worrying about your father and mother.
It is the voice of someone who seems to be a mother.
Mom, there's one more person here.
Honestly, this child! Are you doubting your own mother?
Mother says, pointing at the letter.
I still remember well what my mother said.
The father stacks stones, and the mother makes a meal.
Feeling my face burning, I turn back toward Mom.
My mother gave me a watch for my birthday.
I sent my mother a birthday present.
Your mother knows that well.
Unlike her mother, she seems to have a quiet, gentle nature.
What happens to the daughter is a first-time experience for the mother, too.
I looked around, trying to find my mother.
A woman who appeared to be the mother scolded the child in a tense voice, telling them to come inside.
Eventually, the daughter left the clinic, accompanied by her mother.
When it comes to cooking skills, too, my mother is second to none.
Only now have I understood how my father felt when he parted from my mother.
Mother's dream will come true, too.
I got a call from my mother back home.
Mother taught you so much, and you don't remember any of it.
But there is no one who can take the place of your mother.
Perhaps Mother still wanted me to be grieving.
My mother will surely be sad and worried.
When I told my mother, she agreed right away.
But I have a feeling my mother wasn't one to lecture much, either.
My little brother was whining and acting like a baby with our mother.
And that over there is my mom.
Doesn't it mean that they adore their mother?
My mother was carrying the baby on her back.
My mother loved my father, such as he was, until the very end.
Seeing me tilt my head, my mother cast down her eyes sadly.
So Dad wasn't cheating on Mom with anyone after all.
My mother's affected laughter leaked into the hallway.
Mother gazed at her youngest son with eyes full of affection.
It was painful for me to be so concerned about my mother's mood.
My mother adds sugar by feel.
My mom bopped me on the head.
Usually my grandfather, my grandmother or my mother takes it, but...
Your grandmother must have known everything.
You loved your grandmother with all your heart.
Only my grandmother cried.
My grandmother fell ill and was hospitalized.
My grandmother embroidered a flower on a handkerchief for me.
My grandmother always puts on lipstick before she goes out.
My grandmother was also someone I found difficult to deal with.
My grandfather passed away soon after my grandmother, as if following her.
The mother says it with a beaming smile.
My mother spoke gently to the baby in her womb.
I don't want to cause my mom and dad any more pain.
You are completely dependent on your mother.
A knight with a stern expression was facing my mother.
I gave the letter to my mother and had her pass it on to him.
It was a gentleness like a mother putting a coat on her child.
And Mom's invited some weird people over again.
The mother put the baby to her breast.
With my mother in the hospital, I feel somehow uneasy.
The mother is crouching and crying.
I wanted to spend time with my mother for even one second longer.
It had become quite the picture of a mother and child.
It is thanks to my mother's teachings.
My mother pulled the crying child into her arms.
Across the way, my mother waits without saying anything.
If I get married, I wonder if my mother will be lonely.
Ignoring my mother's objections, I moved to Tokyo.
I am being held in my mother's arms.
Believe it or not, it was my mom.
Not even my mom ever hit me!
It was my mother and younger sister who sewed it.
If you haven't cleaned up, Mom will get suspicious, won't she?
The child clung to its mother's arm and cried.
My grandmother had a habit of cramming things away under the guise of tidying up.
The puppy is snuggled up close to its mother.
My mother is fussy about cleaning.
My mother takes care of all the housework by herself.
My mother is good at managing my father.
I picked up my grandmother's songs by ear and can sing them now.
My mother keeps the household finances afloat.
Mother said that as she sat down next to Father, and he slowly shook his head.
The eyes of the mother, who was explaining quietly, seemed somehow moist.
My mother was taking a vacation.
Mother had no intention whatsoever of reading Father's letter.
The girl was holding tightly on to her mother's hand.
My grandmother wrung the neck of one of our chickens and cooked it for us.
My mother-in-law is very kind to me, her daughter-in-law.
My grandmother thinks her time will come soon.
My grandmother placed her hands on the tatami and politely thanked them.
In every age, mothers are strong.
It was a lesson my mother taught me when I was little.
Mother's magic was still going strong.
He is my mother's older brother, that is, my uncle.
Then I'll go ask Mom to add one more serving, so wait for me.
I no longer cared at all what Mom wanted.
The story I heard from my mother was not much different from the stories I had already heard.
From my grandmother's point of view, I might still be no different from an elementary school student.
A two- or three-year-old girl is being carried down the steps by her mother.
The mother hardly ever interfered with her child's play.
My mother gave birth to me at twenty-five.
My mother is still running.
My mother's job is collecting magic books.
A get-well package arrived from my grandmother in the countryside.
My mother sells insurance door to door.
I have come today in order to introduce my mother!
Dad and Mom are also overjoyed!
His mother disappeared without a trace.
I'm told my mother vanished somewhere right after giving birth to me.
My grandmother is moving into a care home next month.
That's just a deadline Mom and my uncle set on a whim, isn't it?
I decided to express my gratitude to my mother in a letter.
The mother put a hat on her child.
Excuse me, I would like to buy a souvenir for my mother.
I'm already married and a mother of two.
I wonder if my mom was like that when she was young.
The girl and her mother waved and said goodbye.
My grandmother is a very frugal person.
Both my father and mother are very busy, you see.
Mom left because I said something terrible.
On the other hand, my mother apparently preferred staying indoors.
My mother was stitching cleaning rags from old cloth.
Even now, I can picture my mother's face.
My mother is involved in a religion and goes to meetings every week.
My grandmother composes tanka as a hobby.
While raising children, my mother is also studying at university.
The fighter jet took off from the aircraft carrier.
You have to take care of your mother, right?
My mother was in bed with a cold for three days.
I went to the post office on an errand for my mother.
My mother combed my hair for me.
In this house, my mother controls the family finances.
My grandmother asked me to run an errand, so I went to the greengrocer's.
When my mother was young, she worked as a housemaid.
My grandmother lives on her pension.
The mother tearfully gave up her child.
My mother has double eyelids, but I have single eyelids.
I braided a kumihimo cord with my grandmother.
My mom is a phone addict and has long calls every night.
My grandmother is careful with money and always keeps a household account book.
You can't imagine how worried my mother was.
When I came home after burying my mother, the house felt awfully big.
Just then, fortunately, Mother came out from the back.
Then I'll go and rescue your mother.
No matter how much I call, Mother will not come.
I came here with my mom.
This is my mother.
The boy chose to stay with his mother.
I came here today with my mom.
I wish you hadn't told that story to my mother.
My mother died when I was a kid.
She always reminds me of her mother.
I don't know when my mother will come back.
My mother wouldn't stop crying.
Only my mother really understands me.
I can no longer remember the last time I met with my mother.
Is this something that I should tell my mother?
I'm worried about my mother's health.
My mother speaks slowly.
My mother often cooks.
My mother likes cooking.
My mother was crying.
My mother bought me the book.