おかん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
御母ん お母ん 御母 お母

Contraction of おかあはん (okā-han).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

おかん or オカン • (okan) 

1. (Kansai) mother

   オカンの料理(りょうり)

   okan no ryōri

   (Kansai) mom's cooking

   オカン系男子(けいだんし)

   okan-kei danshi

   boy with motherly instincts (fiction trope)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of おかん – see the following entry.

【悪寒】 [noun] ague (chill, or state of shaking, as with cold)

(This term, おかん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)