安心します（あんしんします、anshiんしmasu）
- to feel relieved

The Japanese verb 安心します (あんしんします) means "to feel relieved," "to be assured," or "to feel at ease." It expresses a state of mind where one's worries or anxieties have been alleviated. This feeling often comes after a stressful situation has passed, or when receiving good news or positive confirmation about something. The word implies a sense of safety and security. It is a common and versatile verb used in everyday conversation.安心します expresses the speaker’s emotional state.

⚫︎ 試験に合格して、安心しました。 Translation: I felt relieved after passing the exam. ⚫︎ 彼女からのメールを受け取って、安心しました。 Translation: I was relieved after receiving an email from her. ⚫︎ 無事に到着して、安心しました。 Translation: I felt relieved that we arrived safely.

⚫︎ Use 安心します when you want to express that you feel relieved, assured, or at ease. ⚫︎ It can be used in various contexts, from personal situations to professional ones. ⚫︎ It can be used to describe the speaker's own feelings or to express empathy for someone else’s feelings. ⚫︎ Often used after a potentially worrying situation has been resolved. ⚫︎ Be mindful of the politeness level; the polite form is 安心します and casual form is 安心した.

⚫︎ The base form of the verb is 安心 (あんしん), which means "peace of mind" or "security." ⚫︎ The verb is written in hiragana as 安心します (あんしんします). ⚫︎ The kanji is 安心します (安心します). ⚫︎ The verb conjugates regularly. The "masu" form is 安心します, and the past tense is 安心しました (あんしんしました - felt relieved). ⚫︎ There are no significant variations in okurigana.

⚫︎ ほっとします (ホットします) - to feel relieved; to feel a weight lifted. ⚫︎ 気が楽になる (きがらくになる) - to feel at ease; to feel relaxed. ⚫︎ 安堵する (あんどする) - to feel relieved (more formal).

⚫︎ 心配します (しんぱいします) - to worry. ⚫︎ 不安に思う (ふあんに おもう) - to feel anxious. ⚫︎ 気がかりです (きがかりです) - to be worried.

両親に元気な姿を見せることができて、安心しました。 ・Translation: I felt relieved to be able to show my parents that I'm doing well. ・Explanation: This sentence expresses the speaker's relief after showing their parents that they are healthy and well, alleviating their parents’ potential worries.

あなたの無事が確認できて、私も安心しました。 ・Translation: I was also relieved to confirm your safety. ・Explanation: This sentence demonstrates the speaker's relief upon confirming the safety of someone else.

The word 安心 is a compound word. The first character 安 (あん) means "peace" or "calm," and the second character 心 (しん) means "heart" or "mind." Combining them, 安心 means "peace of mind" or "security." The verb suffix "します" (shimasu) is added to make it a verb meaning "to do" or "to feel" in this context; thus, 安心します means "to feel at peace" or "to feel relieved."