案ずる

あんずる
to investigate
to consider
to plan
to ponder
to fear

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あんずる【案ずる】

⇒ しんぱい

¶ → 案ずるより産むがやすし

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あんずる【案ずる･按ずる】

1 〔考える〕 ponder; consider; deliberate; devise; 〔心配する〕 be anxious 《about [for]…》; be concerned 《about [over, for]…》; worry 《about [over]…》; be afraid 《of…》; fear. [＝しんぱい²]

●一計を案ずる think [work] out a plan; devise a scheme

・案じ暮らす pass the time [one's days] in anxiety

・案じ煩う be painfully anxious 《about…》; be oppressed with anxiety

・わが身を案ずる be concerned for oneself; be anxious about one's own self

・母の病気を案じている be concerned about one's mother's illness.

●案ずるより産むが易し. It is better to get down to work than (just) to worry about it (beforehand). | Fear can magnify a danger. | A danger is not as great as it seems in advance. | We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

2 【按ずる】 〔調べる〕 investigate.

●史を案ずるに…. To refer to history…. | History shows that….