| それ以外の訳語 |
| Mother interj | (female parent: in direct address) (呼びかけ) | お母さん 、 ママ 感
HHiraganaおかあさん 、 まま |
| | Mother! Where did you go? May I have some more cake, Mother? |
| | お母さん(or: ママ)！ どこへ行ってたの？ ケーキをもう少し食べてもいい、お母さん？ |
| the mother of [sth] n | figurative (cause) | 本源、源 名
HHiraganaほんげん、みなもと |
| | Some think that diplomacy is the mother of inaction. |
| mother n | figurative (maternal quality) | 母性、母性愛 名
HHiraganaぼせい、ぼせいあい |
| | It is the mother in her that leads to her kindness and patience. |
| Mother n | (Mother Superior) | 女子修道院長 名
HHiraganaじょししゅうどういんちょう |
| | Mother Superior is always early for mass. |
| mother n as adj | (motherly, maternal) | 母親の 連体句
HHiraganaははおやの |
| | | 母らしい イ形
HHiraganaははらしい |
| | Mother love is the source of endless tolerance. |
| mother n as adj | (mother animal) (動物の) | 母（の）、おかあさん～ 名
HHiraganaはは（の）、おかあさん～ |
| | The mother bear ferociously protected her cubs. |
| mother [sb]⇒ vtr | (be the mother of) | ～の母となる 動詞句
HHiragana～のははとなる |
| | I think that Julie will mother lots of children. |
| mother [sth]⇒ vtr | (give birth to) | ～を産む 他動
HHiragana～をうむ |
| | The wolf mothered two cubs. |
| mother [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (protect, nurture) | ～の世話をする 動詞句
HHiragana～のせわをする |
| | They mother their families, making sure that there is proper food and clothing. |
| mother [sb]⇒ vtr | (act like a mother to) | ～の母親のようにふるまう 動詞句
HHiragana～のははおやのようにふるまう |
| | Stop mothering me. You are my girlfriend, not my mom. |
成句・複合語：
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| birth mother n | (biological female parent) | 実母、実の母、生みの母 名
HHiraganaじつぼ、じつのはは、うみのはは |
| | My adoptive mother helped me find my birth mother. |
| den mother n | US (female scout leader) | デンマザー、カブスカウトの女性リーダー 名
HHiraganaでんまざー、かぶすかうとのじょせいりーだー |
| | Most of what the young scouts had been taught came from their den mother. |
| | 若いスカウトたちが教えられた事のほとんどは、デンマザーから教えられたものだった。 |
| den mother n | US, figurative (woman: social organizer) | 女性リーダー、女性指導者 名
HHiraganaじょせいりーだー、じょせいしどうしゃ |
| | Jack is the den mother of the office staff, always arranging little social gatherings and the like. |
| | ジャックは事務所職員の女性リーダー的存在で、いつも小さな社交的な集まりなどを調整しています。 |
| foster mother n | (mother by temporary adoption) | 里母 名
HHiraganaさとはは |
| | My foster mother loved me as dearly as her own children. |
| mother company n | (business that owns a subsidiary) | 親会社 名
HHiraganaおやがいしゃ |
| mother country n | (country of birth, native land) | 母国、祖国、本国 名
HHiraganaぼこく、そこく、ほんごく |
| | A patriot is willing to sacrifice for the mother country. |
| | 愛国家は母国のために犠牲を払う気がある。 |
Mother Earth,
mother earth n | (Planet Earth) | 母なる大地 名
HHiraganaははなるだいち |
| mother figure n | ([sb] maternal or nurturing) | （典型的・理想的）母親像 名
HHiragana（てんけいてき・りそうてき）ははおやぞう |
| mother figure n | (female guardian) | 母親代わり、母親役 名
HHiraganaははおやがわり、ははおややく |
| Mother Goose n | UK (pantomime) | マザーグース 名
HHiraganaまざーぐーす |
mother goose,
Mother Goose adj | (nursery-rhyme, nursery-story) (童謡) | マザーグースの 連体句
HHiraganaまざーぐーすの |
| Mother Goose n | US (fictional nursery rhyme author) | マザーグース 名
HHiraganaまざーぐーす |
| mother hen n | figurative (overprotective woman) | 小うるさく世話を焼く人 名
HHiraganaこうるさくせわをやくひと |
| mother lode n | (vein of precious metal) (採鉱) | 主鉱脈 名
HHiraganaしゅこうみゃく |
| | The miners struck the mother lode and dug out tons of gold ore. |
| | 鉱山業者は主鉱脈を打ち、大量の金鉱石を掘り出した。 |
| mother love n | (affection felt by a mother for her child) | 母性愛 名
HHiraganaぼせいあい |
| Mother Nature n | figurative (personification of natural world) | 母なる自然 名
HHiraganaははなるしぜん |
| | The developers built everywhere, with no regard for Mother Nature. |
| mother of the bride n | (female parent of a woman getting married) | 花嫁の母 名
HHiraganaはなよめのはは |
| | The mother of the bride wore purple at the wedding. |
mother superior,
Mother Superior n | (abbess: head nun) | 女子修道院長 名
HHiraganaじょししゅうどういんちょう |
mother tongue,
mother language n | (native language) | 母語、母国語 名
HHiraganaぼご、ぼこくご |
| | Juan's mother tongue is Spanish. |
| | フアンの母の母国語はスペイン語だ。 |
| mother-in-law n | (spouse's mother) | 義理の母 名
HHiraganaぎりのはは |
| | Stephen always got on very well with his mother-in-law. |
| mother-of-pearl adj | (made of mother-of-pearl) | 真珠層の 形
HHiraganaしんじゅそうの |
| mother-of-pearl adj | figurative (nacreous, pearlescent) | 真珠色の 形
HHiraganaしんじゅいろの |
| mother-of-pearl n | (pearlescent interior of mollusc shell) | 真珠層 名
HHiraganaしんじゅそう |
Mother's Day,
also UK: Mothering Sunday n | (celebration for mothers) | 母の日 名
HHiraganaははのひ |
| | What date is Mother's Day this year? |
| mother's milk n | (woman's breast milk) | 母乳 名
HHiraganaぼにゅう |
| mother's milk n | figurative (nourishment) | 栄養 名
HHiraganaえいよう |
queen mother,
Queen Mother n | (mother of a reigning monarch) (王室) | 皇太后 名
HHiraganaこうたいごう |
| | The Queen Mother made her views on horse racing very clear: she loved it! |
| single mother n | (female parent without a partner) | シングルマザー、未婚の母、母子家庭の母親 名
HHiraganaしんぐるまざー、みこんのはは、ぼしかていのははおや |
| | She's been a single mother since her husband died last year. |
stepmother,
step-mother n | (parent's wife) | 継母 名
HHiraganaままはは |
| | Did your stepmother inherit all of your dad's estate? |
stepmother,
step-mother n | (wicked figure in fairy tales) | 継母 名
HHiraganaままはは |
| | In fairy tales the stepmother is often wicked and hates children. |