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母親に

to one’s mother, by one’s mother (the agent in a passive sentence)

→ 母親
phrase Common #4,370
to one’s mother に marks the mother as the recipient or target of an action, as in telling something to one’s mother.
JA: スーザンは母親にさよならを言った。
EN: Susan said goodbye to her mother.

トムは母親に新しいおもちゃを買ってくれとねだった。

Tom begged his mother to buy him a new toy.

その女の子は母親にとても似ている。

That girl looks a lot like her mother.

彼女は母親に会いたがっている。

She wants to see her mother.

母親に手紙を書いて司令官に会うように言うんだ

Write a letter to your mother and tell her to meet the commander.

— コーカサスの虜 (1996)

彼女は、母親に少し似ている。

She looks a little like her mother.

スーザンは何とか、そろそろさよならを言う頃よと母親に言うことができる。

Susan somehow manages to tell her mother that it's about time to say goodbye.

子供は怒って母親に打ってかかった。

The child got angry and lashed out at his mother.

トムは母の日に母親に花束を送った。

Tom sent his mother a bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day.

彼女は母親にとてもよく似ている。

She looks very much like her mother.

母親にも伝えてくれ

Please tell my mother too.

— ANORA アノーラ (2024)

ビルは必ず母親に誕生日のプレゼントを贈る。

Bill always gives his mother a birthday present.

彼女は母親によく似ている。

She looks a lot like her mother.

〝女は妊娠で母親に〟〝男は赤ちゃんを見て父親に〟彼もちゃんと父親になれる

“Women become mothers through pregnancy; men become fathers when they see the baby.” He, too, can truly become a father.

— JUNO／ジュノ (2007)

母親に似て美人になるぞ

You'll grow up to be beautiful, just like your mother.

— When Marnie Was There (2014)

彼は毎週欠かさず母親に便りをする。

He writes to his mother every week without fail.

彼女は母親に全然似てない。

She doesn't look anything like her mother.

息子は母親に質問した。

The son asked his mother a question.

子供は母親に、お金をちょうだいとせがんだ。

The child begged their mother for money.

彼女は大変よく母親に似てますね。

She looks remarkably like her mother, doesn't she?

お母さんは何歳で母親に?

How old was your mother when she became a mother?

— Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (2014)

彼女は母親にそっくりだ。

She looks just like her mother.

彼女は本当に母親によく似ている。

She really looks like her mother.

彼は母親に町を案内してやった。

He showed his mother around town.

娘は母親に同行して欲しいと頼んだ。

The daughter asked her mother to accompany her.

メアリーは母親にもっとお手伝いをすると約束した。

Mary promised her mother that she would help more around the house.

彼は急に母親に手紙を書き始めた。

He suddenly started writing a letter to his mother.

ヨシオは性格は母親に、容貌は父親に似ている。

Yoshio takes after his mother in personality and his father in appearance.

彼女は母親にはとても及ばない。

She falls far short of her mother.

その少年は母親にとても心配をかけた。

The boy worried his mother a great deal.

彼は毎週必ず母親に手紙を書いている。

He makes sure to write to his mother every week.

彼女は母親に全くよく似ている。

She looks exactly like her mother.

彼はまったく母親にそっくりだ。

He looks exactly like his mother.

phrase Rare #33,589
by one’s mother (the agent in a passive sentence) Here, に marks the person who performs the action or makes the statement.
JA: 彼は母親に叱られた。
EN: He was scolded by his mother.

土曜日は母親に風呂に入れてもらってる

On Saturdays, my mother gives me a bath.

— マレーナ (2000)

ルーシーは母親に、妹の面倒を見るよう言われた。

Lucy was told by her mother to look after her younger sister.

彼は母親に叱られた。

He was scolded by his mother.

彼らは母親に捨てられた。

They were abandoned by their mother.

母親にやめろといわれたにもかかわらず、トムは窓を開けた。

Despite being told by his mother to stop, Tom opened the window.