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”).[1]

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
    • 2014, 西東桂子 [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]‎:
    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?

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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