母親|ははおやhahaoya[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmother
   その女の子おんなのこは彼女かのじょの母親ははおやと似にている。↗

   The girl resembles her mother.

• Synonymお母さんおかあさんNeutralThe everyday word: address your own mother directly or refer to someone else's mother. 「母親」 is never used for direct address.
• Synonym母さんかあさんCasualCasual short form of 「お母さん」, used within the family; husbands may also use it to address their wives.
• SynonymおふくろCasualColloquial term used mainly by adult men for their own mother, with a rough, affectionate flavor.
• Synonymお母様おかあさまFormalHonorific for someone else's mother, or for one's own in very formal households; more respectful than 「お母さん」.
• SynonymマザーNeutralLoanword rarely used for a mother in daily speech; mostly in set uses like motherboard or Mother Superior.
• Synonym母様かあさまFormalOld-fashioned honorific for one's mother, found in old-style families and period dramas.
• Synonym母ちゃんかあちゃんCasualAffectionate, homely way to say mom, with a rustic, childlike feel; can also mean one's wife.
• Synonym御母様おたあさまFormalOften used to speak respectfully of another person's mother, as in 「お母様によろしく」.
• Related女親おんなおやNeutralStresses the female parent as opposed to 「男親」; less common than 「母親」.
• Related母上ははうえFormalArchaic honorific for one's own mother, heard mainly in period dramas and letters.
• Related母君ははぎみWrittenElegant, archaic honorific for a mother, found mostly in classical literature.
• RelatedははごWrittenArchaic honorific for another person's mother; virtually unused in modern Japanese.
• Antonym父親ちちおやNeutralFather; the male counterpart of 「母親」.

「母親」 is the neutral word for a mother, not for direct address. Use 「お母さん」 to address your own mother or mention someone else's; 「お母様」 is respectful. 「母さん」「母ちゃん」「お袋」 are casual family speech, 「お袋」 mainly for adult men. The rest are dated or special-purpose.

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1. はは。一人ひとり以上いじょうの子こを有ゆうする女性じょせい。おんなおや。女性じょせいである親おや。