| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 母 | はは | mother |
| お母さん | おかあさん | mother |
| 母国 | ぼこく | one's motherland |
| 叔母 | おば | aunt |
| 伯母さん | おばさん | (hon) aunt |
| 叔母さん | おばさん | (1) aunt, (2) middle-aged lady |
| 伯母 | おば | (hum) aunt (older than one's parent) |
| 父母 | ふぼ | parents |
| 祖母 | そぼ | grandmother |
| 母親 | ははおや | a mother |
| 雲母 | うんも | mica |
| 母音 | ぼいん | a vowel |
| 大叔母 | おおおば | grandaunt, great-aunt |
| 寮母 | りょうぼ | dorm mother |
| 母乳 | ぼにゅう | mother's milk |
| 母后 | ぼこう | empress dowager |
| 母子 | ぼし | mother and child |
| 母校 | ぼこう | alma mater |
| 母胎 | ぼたい | womb, uterus |
| 祖父母 | そふぼ | grandparents |
| 空母 | くうぼ | aircraft carrier |
| 聖母 | せいぼ | birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary |
| 賢母 | けんぼ | wise mother |
| 酵母 | こうぼ | yeast, leaven |
| 酵母菌 | こうぼきん | yeast fungus |
| 鬼子母神 | きしもじん, きしぼじん | Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children) |