Illustration: In the kitchen of his family home, an adult son has barely put down his overnight bag before his mother presses a freshly made rice ball into his hand. He bends slightly as she reaches up to brush a crumb from his cheek, looking embarrassed but entirely comfortable.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

おふくろ

ofukuro

one’s mother

Informal, usually used for one’s own mother. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. きっとおふくろ怒おこるよ。

    I’m sure Mom will get mad.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. お袋ふくろの前まえではそのことに触ふれるな。

    Don’t talk about it in my mother’s presence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. おふくろは僕ぼくなんかより、いつも妹いもうとの方ほうを大事だいじにしている。

    My mother always puts my sister before me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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