What does お母さん mean in Japanese?

お母さん (おかあさん) means "mom; mother" in Japanese.

お母さん

Q: How do you use お母さん in a sentence?

お母さんは家で料理をします。 (おかあさんはいえでりょうりをします。) — Mom cooks at home.

Kana: おかあさん

mom; mother

⛩️ Japanese Level 1 👪 People & Family

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お母さんは家で料理をします。

おかあさんはいえでりょうりをします。

Mom cooks at home.

What お母さん means

お母さん (おかあさん) is a Japanese word meaning “mom; mother”. It belongs to the People & Family topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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