Word Meaning 阿媽

あま ama

阿媽 is read as あま (ama) and means amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia).

Meaning

English

amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)

Reading

Kana

あま

Romaji

ama

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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阿媽港

あまこう

Macao

阿呆

あほ

fool

阿弥陀

あみだ

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

阿南工業高等専門学校

あなんこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Anan National College of Technology

阿付迎合

あふげいごう

ingratiation

阿国歌舞伎

おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

阿代

あしろ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿世

あせい

timeserving

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

阿字

あじ

first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)