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安心する

安心

Chinese

 
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(安心)

Verb

安心

  1. to be relieved; to feel at ease
  2. to keep one's mind on something

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安心):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 安心 (*ʔan *sim). Compare modern Chinese 安心 (ānxīn).

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

安心 (-na inflection, hiragana あんしん, romaji anshin)

  1. unworrying, safe

Inflection

Noun

安心 (hiragana あんしん, romaji anshin)

  1. relief
  2. lack of worry, peace of mind

安心 (hiragana あんじん, romaji anjin)

  1. (Buddhism) equanimity

Synonyms

Compounds

Idioms

  • 安心無 (あんしんなきど)読経 (ょう)田中 (たなか)蝦蟇 (がま) (ごと) (anshin naki dokyō wa tanaka no gama no gotoshi, "a sutra recital without peace of mind is just like a toad in a paddy" → reciting the sutras without having the proper spiritual mindset is as meaningful as the croaking of a toad in a rice paddy)

Verb

安心する (intransitive, hiragana あんしんする, romaji anshin suru)

  1. to have one's heart at ease, to feel easy, to be relieved

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

安心 (ansim) (hangeul 안심)

  1. Hanja form? of 안심, “relief, peacefulness”.