"ママ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ma̠ma̠] Forms: ママ [canonical], マヽ [canonical], mama [romanization]
Etymology: From English mama. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|mama}} English mama Head templates: {{ja-noun|マヽ}} ママ or マヽ • (mama)
  1. (childish) mama, mamma, a childish form of mother, one's female parent Tags: childish Synonyms (one's mother): お袋 (ofukuro) (ruby: (ふくろ)) [informal]
    Sense id: en-ママ-ja-noun-JAerGS6f Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 60 40 Disambiguation of "one's mother": 100 0
  2. proprietress of a drinking establishment etc.
    Sense id: en-ママ-ja-noun-IDElncfU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 母ちゃん (kāchan) [childish], お母さん (okāsan), 女主人 (onna shujin), マダム (madamu) Derived forms: ママ友 (mamatomo) (ruby: (とも)) Coordinate_terms: パパ (papa)
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-ママ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "母ちゃん"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "okāsan",
      "word": "お母さん"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "onna shujin",
      "word": "女主人"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "madamu",
      "word": "マダム"
    }
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  ],
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    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    "Pages with entries"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "okāsan",
      "word": "お母さん"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ofukuro",
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          "袋",
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        ]
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      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "onna shujin",
      "word": "女主人"
    },
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      "roman": "madamu",
      "word": "マダム"
    }
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  ],
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}

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        "no-gloss"
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for ママ meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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