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亡き母

なきはは
dead mother
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母数

ぼすう
(statistical) parameter
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入母屋造り

入母屋造
いりもやづくり
building with a gabled, hipped roof
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母物

ははもの
story of maternal love
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亡母

ぼうぼ
my late mother
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お祖母さん

お婆さん、御祖母さん、御婆さん
おばあさん
grandmother; female senior-citizen
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母上

ははうえ
mother (term used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
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孟母三遷

exp
もうぼさんせん
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves
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夜鷹

蚊母鳥、怪鴟
よたか、ぶんぼちょう、ヨタカ
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors
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養父母

ようふぼ
adoptive parents