Lexical entry
マザーコンプレックス
mazaakonpurekkusu
An overly strong attachment to one's mother.
People & Social LifePure GairaigoWasei-EigoCompoundSource: English
Meaning
A colloquial Japanese term for an unusually strong emotional dependence on one's mother. In some contexts it can also imply an Oedipus-complex-like sexual dimension.
- overattachment to one's mother
- mama's boy image
- sometimes linked to Oedipal desire
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
- Review flags
- possible-false-friend, vulgar-or-sexual, jlpt-borderline
- Active language
- English