信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 431年目の真実～

The Man Who Killed Nobunaga: The Truth of Honnouji Incident Found After 431 Years

Vocabulary

Word English Frequency
信しん
honesty; sincerity; fidelity
  1. [n] honesty; sincerity; fidelity
  2. [n] trust; reliance; confidence
  3. [n] (religious) faith; devotion
  4. [ctr] counter for received messages
535 3.261%
秀しゅう
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
  1. [n] preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
337 2.054%
田た
rice field
  1. [n] rice field
269 1.639%
光ひかり
light
  1. [n] light
  2. [n] illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow
  3. [n] happiness; hope
  4. [n] influence; power
  5. [n] vision; eyesight
  6. [n] optical fiber; optical fibre
263 1.603%
織おり
weave; weaving; woven item
  1. [n] weave; weaving; woven item
187 1.140%
城しろ
castle
  1. [n] castle
175 1.067%
長ちょう
head; chief; leader; elder
  1. [n] head; chief; leader; elder
  2. [n] merit; strong point
  3. [n] superiority
  4. [n] major
174 1.060%
明智めいち
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
  1. [n] sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
169 1.030%
この
this
  1. [adj-pn] this
  2. [adj-pn] last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
  3. [adj-pn] you (as in "you liar")
160 0.975%
川かわ
river; stream
  1. [n] river; stream
  2. [suf] River; the ... river
129 0.786%
寺てら
temple (Buddhist)
  1. [n] temple (Buddhist)
108 0.658%
軍ぐん
army; armed forces; troops
  1. [n] army; armed forces; troops
  2. [n] military authorities
  3. [n] team; group; troupe
105 0.640%
義ぎ
morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
  1. [n,adj-no] morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
  2. [n,adj-no] meaning
  3. [n,adj-no] teachings; doctrine
  4. [n,n-pref] nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
  5. [n,n-pref] prosthesis
95 0.579%
こと
thing; matter
  1. [n] thing; matter
  2. [n] incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. [n] circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. [n] work; business; affair
  5. [n] after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  6. [n-suf] nominalizing suffix
  7. [n-suf] pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
  8. [n] alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
  9. [n] necessity; need
  10. [n] you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
90 0.549%
今いま
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  1. [n,adj-no,adv] now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  2. [adv] another; more
89 0.542%
月つき
Moon
  1. [n] Moon
  2. [n] month
  3. [n] moonlight
  4. [n] (a) moon; natural satellite
89 0.542%
その
that; the
  1. [adj-pn] that; the
  2. [adj-pn] part (as in "part two")
  3. [int] um ...; er ...; uh ...
82 0.500%
藤ふじ
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
  1. [n] wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
81 0.494%
まで
until (a time); till; to; up to
  1. [prt] until (a time); till; to; up to
  2. [prt] to (a place or person); as far as
  3. [prt] to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
  4. [prt] only; merely
70 0.427%
昭しょう
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
  1. [pref] nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
64 0.390%
武ぶ
the art of war; martial arts; military arts
  1. [n] the art of war; martial arts; military arts
  2. [n] military force; the sword
  3. [n] valor; bravery
  4. [n] military officer; military man
62 0.378%
予よ
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
61 0.372%
など
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
  1. [prt] et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
  2. [prt] or something
  3. [prt] the likes of
  4. [prt] for example; for instance; for one
60 0.366%
子こ
child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
  1. [n,n-suf] child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
  2. [n,n-suf] (one's) child; offspring
  3. [n,n-suf] young woman
  4. [n,n-suf] young (animal)
  5. [n] offshoot
  6. [n] interest
  7. [n] new share
  8. [n] player who is not a dealer
  9. [n] young geisha; young prostitute
  10. [n] bird egg
  11. [n-suf] -er (often of young women)
60 0.366%
敵てき
opponent; rival; adversary
  1. [n] opponent; rival; adversary
  2. [n] menace; danger; threat; enemy
58 0.353%
殿どの
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.
  1. [suf] Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.
58 0.353%
戦いくさ
war; battle; campaign; fight
  1. [n] war; battle; campaign; fight
  2. [n] troops; forces
56 0.341%
男おとこ
man; male
  1. [n,n-pref] man; male
  2. [n] fellow; guy; chap; bloke
  3. [n] male lover; boyfriend; man
  4. [n] manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
55 0.335%
本能寺の変ほんのうじのへん
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
  1. [exp,n] Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
54 0.329%
村むら
village
  1. [n] village
51 0.311%
者もの
person
  1. [n] person
51 0.311%
荒木あらき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
  1. [n] logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
51 0.311%
本願ほんがん
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
  1. [n] Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
49 0.299%
砦とりで
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
  1. [n] fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
48 0.293%
家臣かしん
vassal; retainer
  1. [n,adj-no] vassal; retainer
47 0.286%
井い
well
  1. [n] well
46 0.280%
そして
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
  1. [conj] and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
43 0.262%
日本にほん
Japan
  1. [n] Japan
43 0.262%
私わたし
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
42 0.256%
郎ろう
nth son
  1. [suf] nth son
  2. [n] lang; official title in ancient China
  3. [n] man; young man
  4. [n] my husband; my lover
  5. [suf] nth child (male and female)
42 0.256%
衆しゅう
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses
  1. [n] great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses
  2. [n,n-suf] people; folk; clique; bunch
41 0.250%
将軍しょうぐん
general
  1. [n] general
  2. [n] shogun
40 0.244%
雑ざつ
rough; crude; sloppy; messy
  1. [adj-na] rough; crude; sloppy; messy
  2. [n-pref,adj-no,n] miscellaneous
40 0.244%
命いのち
life; life force
  1. [n] life; life force
  2. [n] lifetime; lifespan
  3. [n] most important thing; foundation; core
  4. [n] paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love)
  5. [n] fate; destiny; karma
39 0.238%
兵衛ひょうえ
middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
  1. [n] middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
37 0.225%
現在げんざい
the present; present time; now
  1. [n,adv,adj-no] the present; present time; now
  2. [n-suf] as of
  3. [n] present tense
  4. [n] this world; this life
  5. [vs,vi] to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
37 0.225%
真実しんじつ
truth; reality
  1. [n,adj-no,adj-na] truth; reality
  2. [adv] truly; really
  3. [n] absolute truth
36 0.219%
吉きち
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness
  1. [n,adj-no] good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness
  2. [n] unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
35 0.213%
日にち
Sunday
  1. [n] Sunday
  2. [suf] nth day (of the month)
  3. [ctr] counter for days
  4. [n] Japan
35 0.213%
杉すぎ
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
  1. [n] Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
34 0.207%
貴様きさま
you
  1. [pn] you
34 0.207%
越前えちぜん
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
  1. [n] Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
34 0.207%
世よ
world; society; public
  1. [n] world; society; public
  2. [n] life; lifetime
  3. [n] age; era; period; epoch; generation
  4. [n] reign; rule
  5. [n] the times
  6. [n] world (of existence)
33 0.201%
後あと
behind; rear
  1. [n,adj-no] behind; rear
  2. [n,adj-no] after; later
  3. [n,adj-no] remainder; the rest
  4. [n,adv] more (e.g. five more minutes); left
  5. [n,adv] also; in addition
  6. [n,adj-no] descendant; successor; heir
  7. [n,adj-no] after one's death
  8. [n,adj-no] past; previous
33 0.201%
三さん
three; 3
  1. [num] three; 3
32 0.195%
なる
to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
  1. [v5r,vi] to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
  2. [v5r,vi] to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
  3. [v5r,vi] to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
  4. [v5r,vi] to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
  5. [v5r,vi] to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
  6. [v5r,vi] to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
  7. [v5r,vi] to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
  8. [v5r,vi] to play (the part of); to act as
  9. [v5r,vi] to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
  10. [v5r,vi] to be promoted
  11. [aux-v,v5r] to do ...
31 0.189%
十じゅう
ten; 10
  1. [num] ten; 10
  2. [n] ten years of age
  3. [n] book containing a collection of poems
31 0.189%
という
called; named; that says; that
  1. [exp] called; named; that says; that
  2. [exp] as many as; as much as
  3. [exp] all ...; every single ...
30 0.183%
人ひと
person; someone; somebody
  1. [n] person; someone; somebody
  2. [n] human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
  3. [n] human (Homo sapiens)
  4. [n] (other) people; others
  5. [n] character; personality; nature
  6. [n] capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
  7. [n] adult; grown-up
  8. [n] I; me; one
30 0.183%
戦国せんごく
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war
  1. [n] country in civil war; country disarrayed by war
  2. [n] Warring States period (Japan, China)
  3. [n] competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.); anybody's game
30 0.183%
道みち
road; path; street; lane; passage
  1. [n] road; path; street; lane; passage
  2. [n] route; way
  3. [n] distance; journey
  4. [n] road (e.g. to victory); course
  5. [n] way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
  6. [n] teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
  7. [n] field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
  8. [n] means; way; method
30 0.183%
する
to do; to carry out; to perform
  1. [vs-i] to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. [vs-i] to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. [vs-i] to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. [vs-i] to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. [vs-i] to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
  6. [vs-i] to decide on; to choose
  7. [vs-i,vi] to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
  8. [vs-i,vi] to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  9. [vs-i,vi] to be worth; to cost
  10. [vs-i,vi] to pass (of time); to elapse
  11. [vs-i,vt] to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
  12. [vs-i,vt] to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
  13. [vs-i,vt] to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
  14. [vs-i,vt] to feel A about B
  15. [suf,vs-i] verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
  16. [aux-v,vs-i] creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  17. [aux-v,vs-i] to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
29 0.177%
それ
that; it
  1. [pn] that; it
  2. [pn] then; that point (in time); that time
  3. [pn] there
  4. [pn] you
29 0.177%
天正てんしょう
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
  1. [n] Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
29 0.177%
戦いたたかい
battle; war; fight; conflict
  1. [n] battle; war; fight; conflict
  2. [n] fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature)
  3. [n] contest; competition; match; game
29 0.177%
天下てんか
the whole world
  1. [n] the whole world
  2. [n] the whole country
  3. [n] society; the public
  4. [n] supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
  5. [n] having one's own way; doing as one pleases
  6. [adj-no] peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous
  7. [n] shogun (Edo period)
28 0.171%
として
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  1. [exp] as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  2. [exp] apart from... (used to change the topic)
  3. [exp] even (e.g. "not even a single person")
  4. [exp] thinking that...; trying to...
27 0.165%
新しん
new; neo-
  1. [pref] new; neo-
  2. [n] newness; novelty
  3. [n] Gregorian calendar
  4. [n] Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
27 0.165%
重おも
chief; main; principal; important
  1. [adj-na,n] chief; main; principal; important
  2. [adj-na,n] main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
27 0.165%
二に
two; 2
  1. [num] two; 2
26 0.158%
徳とく
virtue
  1. [n] virtue
  2. [n] benevolence
  3. [n] profit; benefit; advantage
26 0.158%
援軍えんぐん
reinforcement
  1. [n] reinforcement
26 0.158%
いう
to say; to utter; to declare
  1. [v5u] to say; to utter; to declare
  2. [v5u] to name; to call
  3. [v5u] to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
25 0.152%
天下泰平てんかたいへい
peace throughout the world
  1. [n,adj-na,adj-no] peace throughout the world
  2. [adj-na,adj-no,n] carefree; peaceful; relaxed
25 0.152%
孝こう
filial piety
  1. [n] filial piety
25 0.152%
次つぎ
next; following; subsequent
  1. [n,adj-no] next; following; subsequent
  2. [n,adj-no] stage; station
25 0.152%
武将ぶしょう
military commander
  1. [n] military commander
25 0.152%
自分じぶん
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  1. [pn] myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  2. [pn] I; me
  3. [pn] you
25 0.152%
柴しば
brushwood; firewood
  1. [n] brushwood; firewood
24 0.146%
歴史れきし
history
  1. [n] history
24 0.146%
余よ
other; another; remaining; leftover
  1. [adj-no,n] other; another; remaining; leftover
  2. [n-suf,n] over; more than
  3. [pn] I; me
23 0.140%
安土あずち
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
  1. [n] mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
23 0.140%
徳川家とくがわけ
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
  1. [n] the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
23 0.140%
狭間はざま
interval; space; interstice; threshold
  1. [n] interval; space; interstice; threshold
  2. [n] valley; gorge; ravine
  3. [n] loophole (in a wall); crenel; eyelet
23 0.140%
美濃みの
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
  1. [n] Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
23 0.140%
京都きょうと
Kyoto (city, prefecture)
  1. [n] Kyoto (city, prefecture)
22 0.134%
任にん
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
  1. [n] obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
22 0.134%
大名だいみょう
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
  1. [n] daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
22 0.134%
桶おけ
bucket; pail; tub
  1. [n] bucket; pail; tub
22 0.134%
天王てんのう
heavenly king
  1. [n] heavenly king
  2. [n] Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
21 0.128%
忠ちゅう
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
  1. [n] loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
  2. [n] inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
21 0.128%
様にように
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
  1. [exp] in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
  2. [exp] hoping or wishing for something
21 0.128%
謀反むほん
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
  1. [n,vs,vi] rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
21 0.128%
いい
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
  1. [adj-ix] good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
  2. [adj-ix] sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. [adj-ix] profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. [adj-ix] OK; all right; fine; no problem
20 0.122%
まさか
by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)
  1. [int] by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)
  2. [n,adj-no] something unexpected; emergency
  3. [n] currently; for the time being; presently; for now
  4. [adv,adj-no] indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly
20 0.122%
一族いちぞく
family; relatives; dependents
  1. [n] family; relatives; dependents
  2. [n] household
20 0.122%
嫡男ちゃくなん
heir; eldest son
  1. [n] heir; eldest son
20 0.122%
拙者せっしゃ
I; me
  1. [pn] I; me
20 0.122%
攻めせめ
attack; offence; offense
  1. [n] attack; offence; offense
  2. [suf] barrage (of); flood (of)
20 0.122%
正室せいしつ
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine)
  1. [n] legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine)
  2. [n] room for receiving guests
  3. [n] heir; successor
20 0.122%
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