お母さん、大好き
okāsan, daisuki
The phrase "I love you so much, mom" in Japanese is お母さん、大好き (okāsan, daisuki).
This phrase is used to express deep affection and love toward one's mother.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
お母さん、大好き is an informal and warm way to express affection, making it suitable for a child or an adult child speaking to their mother.
How does it change in a sentence?
The prefix お (o-) in お母さん (okāsan) is an honorific used to show respect and affection toward the person being addressed.
How do you pronounce it?
okāsan, daisuki
Did you know?
- While 大好き (daisuki) is used here to mean 'love so much', the Japanese word for 'love' in a romantic or profound sense is 愛してる (aishiteru). However, using 愛してる to a mother might sound unnaturally dramatic or even cinematic, like a line from a scripted movie.
- Japanese often drops the 'I' and 'you' entirely. In お母さん、大好き, there is no word for 'I love', only 'Mother, big like', as the subject is understood from the context.
- The word 大好き (daisuki) contains the character 大 (dai), which means 'big'. This makes the phrase literally 'big like', a common way to express intense fondness without the weight of the word 'love'.
Examples in context
- お母さん、大好き。Okaasan, daisuki.I love you so much, mom.
- お母さん、大好き！いつもありがとう。Okaasan, daisuki! Itsumo arigatou.I love you so much, mom! Thanks for everything.
Example conversation
Ren is giving his mother a card on her birthday.
- 蓮 Renお母さん、大好き。誕生日おめでとう。Okaasan, daisuki. Tanjoubi omedetou.I love you so much, mom. Happy birthday.
- 美咲 Misakiありがとう、蓮。嬉しいわ。Arigatou, Ren. Ureshii wa.Thank you, Ren. I'm so happy.
- 蓮 Renこれからもずっと元気でいてね。Kore kara mo zutto genki de ite ne.Please stay healthy forever.
- 美咲 Misakiありがとう。あなたもね。Arigatou. Anata mo ne.Thank you. You too.
