What does mama-san mean?
Mama-san means A mother, in Japan or East Asia..
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/ˈmaməˌsan/ · noun
A mother, in Japan or East Asia..
‘I had a last go at the film festival, hoping those Thai mammasans would stir you up with some juice kiddy-porn.’
"We just get one very small meal – a single rice ball or piece of bread," said Mieko Kono, a hostess bar "mama-san" who looks spectacularly out of place in the municipal office, dolled up as she is in her work clothes of leopard-print top and slacks.
Use mama-san when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mama-san means A mother, in Japan or East Asia..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘I had a last go at the film festival, hoping those Thai mammasans would stir you up with some juice kiddy-porn.’
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