his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
2nd day of the month; two days
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
by means of; due to; because of; according to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to say; to tell; to state; to do
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
messenger; envoy; emissary
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
deceased; late; dead; departed
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
fighting to avenge someone's death; battle of revenge
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.