Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of あんどう – see the following entries.
安藤
[proper noun] a surname
杏堂
[proper noun] a surname
行灯あんどん
[noun] a type of boxy paper lampstand
[noun] (manufacturing) a system which notifies managerial, maintenance, and other workers of a quality or process problem.
(This term, あんどう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)