"母子" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ha̠ha̠ko̞] Forms: 母子 [canonical] (ruby: 母(はは), 子(こ)), hahako [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ははこ}} 母(はは)子(こ) • (hahako)
  1. mother and child
    Sense id: en-母子-ja-noun-1GvQbvxR
  2. clipping of 母子草 (hahakogusa, “cudweed, Pseudognaphalium affine”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 母子草 (extra: hahakogusa, “cudweed, Pseudognaphalium affine”)
    Sense id: en-母子-ja-noun-A5PzyAkW Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Gnaphalieae tribe plants Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 21 8 8 48 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 6 6 61 6 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 89 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 86 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 23 55 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 24 51 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 9 81 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 9 81 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 87 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 92 Disambiguation of Gnaphalieae tribe plants: 5 90 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 母子草 (hahakogusa) (ruby: 母子草(ハハコグサ)), 河原母子 (kawara hahako) (ruby: 河原母子(カワラハハコ)), 山母子 (yama hahako) (ruby: 山母子(ヤマハハコ))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [bo̞ɕi] Forms: 母子 [canonical] (ruby: 母(ぼ), 子(し)), boshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぼし}} 母(ぼ)子(し) • (boshi)
  1. mother and child Related terms: 父子 (fushi) (ruby: 父子(ふし))
    Sense id: en-母子-ja-noun-1GvQbvxR1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "other": "ははこ"
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          "母",
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          "子",
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              0,
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              0,
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          "english": "Both mother and child are doing fine.",
          "roman": "Boshi tomo ni genki da.",
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              "母",
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              "子",
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              "気",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 子 read as こ",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 母 read as はは",
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