Illustration: During a family visit, a child sits between two grandparents on a living-room sofa while their mother crouches beside them. The grandmother holds an old photograph showing herself and the same grandfather as younger adults with the mother as a little girl.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

母はは方かた

hahakata

on one’s mother’s side

Example sentences

  1. 母方ははかたのいとこが三人さんにんいます。

    I have three cousins on my mother’s side.

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  2. 母方ははかたの祖母そぼは大阪おおさかに住すんでいる。

    My grandmother on my mother’s side lives in Osaka.

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  3. 母方ははかたの祖父そふは明日還暦あしたかんれきを迎むかえる。

    My grandfather on my mother’s side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.

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Kanji in 母方

  • 母motherOnボKunはは・も
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた

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