お母さん大好き
okaasan daisuki
お母さん大好き (okaasan daisuki) is how you say "hi mom, I love you" in Japanese.
This phrase is an affectionate expression used to tell one's mother that you love her. It uses the term お母さん (okaasan), which means "mother" and serves as a respectful way to address her.
How do you pronounce it?
okaasan daisuki
Did you know?
- Adult children may switch from お母さん (okaasan) to 母 (haha) when talking about their mother to someone outside the family, as the former is too intimate for formal outward descriptions.
- The word 大好き (daisuki) is composed of the characters for 'big' and 'like', effectively meaning 'big like' rather than using a dedicated verb for 'love' like the more profound 愛してる (aishiteru).
- In Japanese culture, expressing affection through words like 大好き (daisuki) is often considered much less common than expressing it through actions, such as preparing food or providing care.
Example conversation
A son is calling his mother to say thank you for a gift.
- 大翔 Hirotoお母さん大好き！プレゼントありがとう。Okāsan daisuki! Purezento arigatō.I love you, mom! Thank you for the present.
- 結衣 Yui大翔、喜んでくれて嬉しいわ。Hiroto, yorokonde kurete ureshii wa.Hiroto, I'm so happy you like it.
- 大翔 Hiroto本当に、お母さん大好きだよ。Hontō ni, okāsan daisuki da yo.Really, I love you, mom.
- 結衣 Yui私も大好きよ。Watashi mo daisuki yo.I love you too.
