ママ友

Japanese

FWOTD – 23 October 2019

Kanji in this term
友
とも Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of ママ (mama, “mama, mom”) +‎ 友 (tomo, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ママとも [màmátómó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ma̠to̞mo̞]

Noun

ママ友(とも) • (mamatomo) 

1. a “mom-friend”: a mother who is friends with another mother due to having children who interact with each other

   会(あ)うたびにあれこれ聞(き)いてくるママ友(とも)、どうやってかわす？

   Au tabi ni are-kore kiite kuru mamatomo, dō yatte kawasu?

   What do you do with a mom-friend who asks about this and that every time you meet?

   • 2014, 西東桂子<t:Seitou Keiko>, ママ友おつきあいマナードリル [Manners Drills on How to Get Along with Mom-friends]‎^[1]: