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Think first

Correct — but it's the formal word you use *about* your mother, not *to* her.

What a Japanese person actually thinks

Slightly cold and formal for something so personal. It reads a bit like tattooing 'MATERNAL PARENT'. The affection doesn't come through.

Meaning

Literally
mother
Actually
Mother. Specifically the humble form you use when referring to your own mother to other people. You would never call her 母 to her face — that's お母さん.

Scores

Naturalness●●●●●

Correct Japanese, wrong register for an emotional statement.

Coolness●●●●●

Nice symmetrical character. The register mismatch is the issue.

Watch out

  • mediumJapanese has sharply different words for your own mother (母) versus someone else's or direct address (お母さん). The one you'd use warmly is not this one.

Get this instead

  • haha e no kansha
    gratitude to my mother
    If the point is what she means to you, say that rather than just naming the relationship.
  • on
    the debt of kindness owed
    One character for exactly what a parent gives you and what you can never fully repay. Far more moving than the noun.

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