Japanese

Noun

親母 ‎(hiragana おやは, romaji oyaha, alternative reading おふくろ, romaji ofukuro)

1. old woman
2. mother

Usage notes

Similar to English usage of old woman, meaning both "an unrelated older woman" and "one’s own mother."

Word is relatively masculine in usage; a man is likely to use it to refer to his own mother.

See also

• おは ‎(oha)
• 親父 (おやじ) ‎(oyaji)
• おじ ‎(oji)