How to say "safety" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 安全あんぜんnoun, na-adjectiveThe general word for safety as an objective state: being free from danger, harm or accident. Think traffic, workplace or food safety — protecting people and property from physical danger.
- 無事ぶじnoun, na-adjectiveSafety as an outcome: safe and sound, unharmed, nothing having gone wrong. Typical when reporting a safe return or arrival, or that someone has come through an accident or ordeal unscathed.
- 安否あんぴnounA person's safety or well-being as something to ask after or confirm; it fits inquiries and reports on whether someone is safe, as after a disaster, not general talk about safe conditions.
- 安泰あんたいna-adjective, nounSafety in the sense of lasting security and stability — of one's life, position or livelihood — a settled state with nothing to threaten it, rather than freedom from immediate physical danger.彼女に目をかけられれば、あなたは安泰でいられますよ。↗Try to stay on her good side and you'll be on easy street.
- 安心あんしんnoun, na-adjective, suru verb, intransitive verbThe feeling of safety rather than safety itself: peace of mind, being relieved and at ease because danger or worry has passed. Choose this when English 'safe' means feeling safe, not being safe.
For safety as an objective state use 安全; for coming through unharmed, 無事; for asking after a person's safety, 安否; for lasting security and stability, 安泰; and for the feeling of being safe, 安心.
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