安あん堵ど

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

relief; reassurance

Commonly used when anxiety or worry is resolved, often in formal or written contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'feel relieved'.

• 無ぶ事じだと聞きいて安あん堵どした。

  I felt relieved when I heard they were safe.

• 安あん堵どの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべた。

  A look of relief appeared on their face.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

recognition of land ownership (historical)

Historical term: official acknowledgment of land rights by a feudal lord or the shogunate. Often seen in the compound 本領安堵.

See also: 本領安堵

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、本ほん領りょう安あん堵どは大だい名みょうにとって重じゅう要ような政せい策さくだった。

  During the Warring States period, recognition of land ownership was an important policy for feudal lords.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

living safely within walls (archaic)

Archaic original meaning: dwelling in safety behind protective walls. No longer used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ語ごでは、城じょう壁へきの中なかで安あん堵どすることを指さした。

  In old language, it referred to living safely within castle walls.