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
- living safely surrounded by walls
- recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.)
- relief
- reassurance
Reading
Kana
あんど
Romaji
ando
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 18 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12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)
Example Sentences
5みんな安堵した。
Everyone's relieved.
こぞって安堵の吐息をついた。
We all breathed a sigh of relief.
みんな安堵のため息をつきました。
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
部屋の誰もが安堵のため息を漏らした。
Everybody in the room let out a sigh of relief.
お婆さんは安堵の溜息をもらし、微笑んだ。
The old woman smiled with a sigh of relief.