Word Meaning 母子

ぼし boshi

母子 is read as ぼし (boshi) and means mother and child.

Meaning

English

mother and child

Reading

Kana

ぼし

Romaji

boshi

Writing Variants

母子おやこ oyako
母子ははこ hahako

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 父子 Rank 742 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

母子年金

ぼしねんきん

widowed mother's allowance

母子とも

ぼしとも

both mother and child

山母子

やまははこ

western pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

お母さんっ子

おかあさんっこ

mother's boy

母子感染

ぼしかんせん

mother-to-child infection

母子手帳

ぼしてちょう

maternal and child health notebook

母子健康手帳

ぼしけんこうてちょう

maternal and child health notebook

母子留学

ぼしりゅうがく

mother and child moving abroad for study (while the father stays and works in Japan)

母子家庭

ぼしかてい

single-mother household

母子寮

ぼしりょう

home for mothers and children

母子草

ははこぐさ

Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)

聖母子

せいぼし

Virgin and Child

Example Sentences

母子ともに元気です。

Mother and baby are both doing well.

通り魔事件で母子3人が刺殺された。

A mother and her two children were stabbed to death in a slasher incident.