| 父母 | ふぼ | father and mother |
| お母さん | おかあさん | mother (someone else's) |
| お祖母さん | おばあさん | (n) grandmother/female senior-citizen/(P)/ |
| お母さん | おかあさん | (n) (hon) mother/(P)/ |
| お母様 | おかあさま | (n) (hon) mother/ |
| 異母 | いぼ
| (n) different mother/ |
| 韻母 | いんぼ
| final/ |
| 雲母 | うんも
| (n) mica/isinglass/ |
| 雲母 | きらら
| (n) mica/isinglass/ |
| 外祖母 | がいそぼ | (n) maternal grandmother/ |
| 義母 | ぎぼ
| (n) mother-in-law/foster mother/step
mother/(P)/ |
| 空母 | くうぼ | (n) aircraft carrier/ |
| 継母 | けいぼ
| (n) stepmother/ |
| 継母 | ままはは
| (n) stepmother/ |
| 賢母 | けんぼ
| (n) wise mother/(P)/ |
| 御祖母さん | おばあさん | (n) grandmother/female senior-citizen/ |
| 御母さん | おかあさん
| (n) (hon) mother/ |
| 御母様 | おかあさま | (n) (hon) mother/ |
| 公分母 | こうぶんぼ | (n) common denominator/ |
| 航空母艦 | こうくうぼかん
| aircraft carrier/(P)/ |
| 酵母 | こうぼ
| (n) yeast/leaven/(P)/ |
| 酵母菌 | こうぼきん | (n) yeast fungus/(P)/ |
| 高祖母 | こうそぼ | (n) great-great-grandmother/ |
| 国母 | こくぼ
| (n) empress/empress dowager/ |
| 黒雲母 | くろうんも | (n) biotite/black or green mica/ |
| 字母 | じぼ
| (n) letter (of the alphabet)/phonetic
script/ |
| 慈母 | じぼ | (n) affectionate mother/ |
| 実母 | じつぼ
| (n) real (own) mother/ |
| 重母音 | じゅうぼいん | (n) diphthong/ |
| 叔母 | おば | (n) aunt (younger than one's parent)/(P)/ |
| 叔母 | しゅくぼ
| (n) aunt (younger than one's
parent)/(P)/ |
| 叔母さん | おばさん | (n) aunt/middle-aged lady/(P)/ |
| 小母さん | おばさん
| (n) (uk) lady/woman/ma'am/(P)/ |
| 醸母 | じょうぼ
| leaven/yeast/ |
| 真珠母 | しんじゅぼ | mother-of-pearl/ |
| 水母 | くらげ
| (gikun) (n) jellyfish/ |
| 生母 | せいぼ
| (n) one's real mother/(P)/ |
| 聖母 | せいぼ
| (n) emperor's mother/Virgin
Mary/(P)/ |
| 潜水母艦 | せんすいぼかん | submarine carrier/ |
| 曾祖母 | そうそぼ | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 曾祖母 | ひいばば | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 曾祖母 | ひおおば | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 曾祖母 | ひばば | (n) great-grandmother/ |
| 祖父母 | そふぼ | (n) grandparents/ |
| 祖母 | そぼ
| (n) grandmother/(P)/ |
| 代母 | だいぼ
| godmother/ |
| 代理母 | だいりはは | surrogate mother/ |
| 大叔母 | おおおば | (n) grandaunt/ |
| 大伯母 | おおおば
| (n) grandaunt/ |
| 同父母 | どうふぼ | (n) the same parents/ |
| 同分母 | どうぶんぼ | common denominator/ |
| 同母姉 | どうぼし | sisters of the same mother/uterine sisters/ |
| 二重母音 | にじゅうぼいん
| diphthong/ |
| 乳母 | うば
| (n) wet nurse/nursing mother/ |
| 乳母 | おんば
| (n) wet nurse/nursing mother/ |
| 乳母 | にゅうぼ
| (n) wet nurse/nursing mother/ |
| 乳母車 | うばぐるま | (n) baby carriage/perambulator/(P)/ |
| 入り母屋 | いりもや | (n) gabled, hipped roof/ |
| 入母屋 | いりもや | (n) hip-gable roof/ |
| 入母屋造り | いりもやづくり
| (n) building with a gabled, hipped
roof/ |
| 伯母 | おば | (n) (hum) aunt(older than one's parent)/(P)/ |
| 伯母 | はくぼ | (n) (hum) aunt(older than one's parent)/ |
| 伯母さん | おばさん
| (n) (hon) aunt/(P)/ |
| 半母音 | はんぼいん | (n) semivowel/ |
| 必要は発明の母 | ひつようははつめい
のはは | (exp) necessity is the mother of
invention/ |
| 表音字母 | ひょうおんじぼ | phonetic alphabet/ |
| 父母 | ちちはは
| (n) father and mother/parents/ |
| 父母 | ふぼ
| (n) father and mother/parents/(P)/ |
| 父母の許 | ふぼのもと | under one's parents roof/ |
| 父母会 | ふぼかい | (n) a parents' association/ |
| 分母 | ぶんぼ
| (n) denominator/(P)/ |
| 保母 | ほぼ
| (n) day care worker in a kindergarten, nursery
school, etc./ |
| 亡き母 | なきはは | dead mother/ |
| 亡母 | ぼうぼ | (n) my late mother/ |
| 養父母 | ようふぼ | (n) adoptive parents/ |
| 養母 | ようぼ
| (n) foster mother/adoptive mother/ |
| 頼母子講 | たのもしこう
| (n) mutual financing association/ |
| 寮母 | りょうぼ
| (n) dorm mother/ |
| 良妻賢母 | りょうさいけんぼ
| (n) good wife and wise mother/ |
| 老母 | ろうぼ
| (n) old mother/aged mother/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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