Word Meaning 安堵

あんど ando

安堵 is read as あんど (ando) and means living safely surrounded by walls.

Meaning

English

  1. living safely surrounded by walls
  2. recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.)
  3. relief
  4. reassurance

Reading

Kana

あんど

Romaji

ando

Writing Variants

  • 安ど あんど ando

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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安堵感

あんどかん

sense of relief

本領安堵

ほんりょうあんど

recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

堵に安んずる

とにやすんずる

to live in peace (of the people)

安否

あんび

safety

安全

あんぜん

safety

安定

あんてい

stable

安息日

あんそくび

(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath

安心

あんしん

peace of mind

安易

あんい

easy

安売り

やすうり

bargain sale

安静

あんせい

rest

安い

やすい

cheap

Example Sentences

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Everyone's relieved.

We all breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Everybody in the room let out a sigh of relief.

The old woman smiled with a sigh of relief.