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What is the difference between 母 (はは) and 母親 (ははおや) ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Just exchangeable!!
I could say short or long...
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Just exchangeable!!
I could say short or long...
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So, if they are exchangeable do you use one in specific context and the other in another ?
For instance :
- when you talk about your mother to a friend : 母
- when you talk about your mother to your boss : 母親
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Exchangeable still in your examples even!
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ありがとうがざいます。
"母" and "母親" are the same meanings. But "母親" emphasizes the position as a parent.
ex.)
生徒の母親達は学校で校長から事件の説明を聞いた。
(せいとの ははおやたちは がっこうで こうちょうから じけんの せつめいを きいた)
Mothers of students had a account of the incident from the principal at school.
-母親: natural
-母: a little unnatural
*the case where "母" is used as a metaphor
o 必要は発明の母(ひつようは はつめいの はは)
x 必要は発明の母親
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Well, for example, forms for a government office prefer 母/父. But still it's short or long.
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