按あん針じんあんじんMeanings1nounpilot (of a boat)archaicArchaic term for a ship's pilot or navigator, used historically. In modern Japanese, 水先案内人 or パイロット are more common.按あん針じんは、江え戸ど時じ代だい初しょ期きに使つかわれた船ふねの水みず先さき案あん内ない人にんを指さす言こと葉ばだ。Anjin is a word used in the early Edo period to refer to a ship's pilot.