Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
historic; historical; traditional
major incident; major happening; big scandal
unification of the whole country
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.
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
daimyo in the Warring States period
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
going into battle; departure for the front
to order; to command; to appoint
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
river; stream; River; the ... river
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
suddenly; all of a sudden
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible