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Meanings: mother, mom, mommy On Readings: ボ bo Kun Readings: はは haha Most Used Pronunciation: haha JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 毋 Stroke Number: 5

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Common jukugo
母の日 - はは　の　ひ haha no hi - Mother's Day
保母 - ほ　ぼ ho bo - a kindergarten teacher, a nurse
頼母子講 - たの　も　し　こう tano mo shi kou - mutual financing association

Useful Examples
Japanese: その少女はいつも母親のあとをついて回っていた。
Romaji: sono shoujo wa itsumo hahaoya no ato o tsuite mawatte ita.
English: The girl was always following her mother.

Japanese: お母さんに口答えしてはいけませんよ。
Romaji: okaasan ni kuchigotae shite haikemasen yo.
English: Don't answer your mother back.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Think of a mother holding 2 babies close to her

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.