母上

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	上
はは Grade: 2	うえ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ははうえ [hàháꜜùè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ha̠ɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

母(はは)上(うえ) • (hahaue)

(archaic, honorific) mother (used in pre-Meiji samurai families)
Synonyms: お母さん, 母親, 母

See also

父上(ちちうえ) (chichiue)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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