| ママ友 | [ママとも, mama tomo] (n) friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends |
| 御っ母さん | [おっかさん, okkasan] (n) (uk) (See おかあさん) mother (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period); mom; mum; mama |
| ギャルママ | [, gyarumama] (n) (1) teenage mother; (2) young mother who wears "gal" styles |
| この儘;此の儘 | [このまま, konomama] (exp) (uk) as (it) is |
| シンママ | [, shinmama] (n) (abbr) (See シングルマザー) single mother |
| なすがまま | [, nasugamama] (exp) at someone's (something's) mercy |
| マーマレード;ママレード | [, ma-mare-do ; mamare-do] (n) marmalade |
| ママ | [, mama] (n) (1) Mama; (2) female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); (P) |
| ママチャリ | [, mamachari] (n) (See チャリ) ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike |
| ヤンママ | [, yanmama] (n) (1) young mother in her early twenties (wasei |
| 丸の侭 | [まるのまま, marunomama] (n) in its entirety; whole |
| 乳母 | [うば;めのと;おんば;にゅうぼ;ちうば;ちおも;ちも;にゅうも;まま, uba ; menoto ; onba ; nyuubo ; chiuba ; chiomo ; chimo ; nyuumo ; mama] (n) wet nurse; nursing mother |
| 今まで(P);今迄 | [いままで, imamade] (adv) (See 今から) until now; so far; up to the present; (P) |
| 今までにも | [いままでにも, imamadenimo] (n) up until now; as recently as the present |
| 儘ならない | [ままならない, mamanaranai] (adj-i) (uk) unable to have one's way with |
| 儘よ | [ままよ, mamayo] (int) (uk) whatever; never mind; I don't care; the hell with it |
| 勝手気まま(P);勝手気儘 | [かってきまま, kattekimama] (n,adj-na) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others; (P) |
| 意のままに;意の儘に | [いのままに, inomamani] (exp,adv) at will |
| 我が儘(P);我儘;我がまま;我侭;我が侭 | [わがまま, wagamama] (adj-na,n) (1) selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness; (2) disobedience; (3) whim; (P) |
| 気の向くままに(P);気の向く侭に | [きのむくままに, kinomukumamani] (adv) at one's fancy (whim); (P) |
| 気まま(P);気儘;気侭;氣儘 | [きまま, kimama] (adj-na,n) willful; wilful; selfish; selfishness; one's own way; (P) |
| 気儘勝手 | [きままかって, kimamakatte] (n,adj-na) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience |
| 気儘放題 | [きままほうだい, kimamahoudai] (n,adj-na) as selfishly (willfully) as one pleases |
| 狐につままれる;狐に抓まれる | [きつねにつままれる, kitsunenitsumamareru] (exp,v1) to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused |
| 玉繭 | [たままゆ, tamamayu] (n) (1) dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni; (2) cocoon |
| 白いままの紙 | [しろいままのかみ, shiroimamanokami] (n) blank (unwritten) paper |
| 継妹;庶妹 | [ままいも, mamaimo] (n) (arch) step-sister (younger); stepsister |
| 継姉 | [ままねえ, mamanee] (n) step-sister (elder); stepsister |
| 継娘;まま娘 | [ままむすめ, mamamusume] (n) stepdaughter |
| 継子 | [ままこ;けいし, mamako ; keishi] (n) stepchild |
| 継息子;まま息子 | [ままむすこ, mamamusuko] (n) stepson |
| 継母 | [けいぼ;ままはは, keibo ; mamahaha] (n) stepmother |
| 継父 | [けいふ;ままちち, keifu ; mamachichi] (n) stepfather |
| 継親 | [ままおや, mamaoya] (n) stepparent |
| 縦;恣;擅 | [ほしいまま, hoshiimama] (adj-na) (uk) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary |
| 自由気儘;自由気まま | [じゆうきまま, jiyuukimama] (n,adj-na) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes |
| 車回し | [くるままわし, kurumamawashi] (n) turnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway) |