How do you say "boss" in Japanese?

[yuiyoshida]

2. Mother

okaasan ( お母さん ) is the honorific form of address, and you'd definitely use it to refer to someone else's mother. Formally, you wouldn't use it to refer to your own mother, but, in practice, at least some Japanese do. haha (はは ) would be used, formally, for your own mother, or in more casual speech.