How to say "ma" in Japanese

• お母さんおかあさんJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'ma' as a familiar way of addressing one's mother; a common word with a respectful tone, used when speaking to or about someone's mother, as when a child calls out to her.
  お母かあさんに口答くちごたえしてはいけませんよ。↗

  Don't answer your mother back.
• 文学修士ぶんがくしゅうし
  nounCovers 'MA' as the postgraduate degree, Master of Arts, specifically in literature; use it when naming academic qualifications, as on a résumé or in a university context.
• 単位料金区域たんいりょうきんくいき
  nounCovers 'MA' only as the technical telecommunications term 'message area', a zone for charging telephone calls; unless discussing telephone charging areas, this is seldom the word you want for 'ma'.

Use 「お母さん」 for 'ma' meaning mother; 文学修士 for the degree 'MA', a Master of Arts in literature; 単位料金区域 is the technical telecommunications term 'message area'.

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• お母さんおかあさんmother
• 文学修士ぶんがくしゅうしMaster of Arts
• 単位料金区域たんいりょうきんくいきmessage area