Rest - Ansoku

Japanese: 安息 - あんそく

[1] [noun] ① (━suru) To rest peacefully without any worries or pain. ※Seikoku Risshihen (1870-71)〈translated by Nakamura Masanao〉11 “The mother then stopped arguing and said that we should rest in peace.” [Book of Songs - Xiaoya, Xiaoming] ② Abbreviation of “Ansokukou (benzoin).” ※Quanji - Chōhō 2nd year (1000), September 28th “Among these, Chen, Sūkin, Ryuno, Ansō, Chōzi, and Kunlū _{were presented} _{to me} by my own _palace last night and then handed _over to me.” [2] Name of a country in the Western Regions. Refers to the kingdom of Parthia in the Persian region. During the Han Dynasty, it wielded influence over the region stretching from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the west to the Oxus river in the east. [Shiji - Dayuan Biography]

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① (━する) 何の心配も苦痛もなく、安らかに休むこと。※西国立志編（1870‐71）〈中村正直訳〉一一「姑く議論を止めて、安息を受くべしと言ひければ」〔詩経‐小雅・小明〕② 「あんそくこう（安息香）②」の略。※権記‐長保二年（1000）九月二八日「此中沉、欝金、龍脳、安息、丁子、薫陸、昨夕自_レ院所_レ被_レ奉、且渡_レ之」[2] 西域の国名。ペルシア地方の王国パルティアをさす。漢代には、西はチグリス、ユーフラテス両河から、東はオクソス河にわたる地方に勢力を振るった。〔史記‐大宛伝〕

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