本能寺の変

Reading

Kana: ほんのうじのへん

Romaji: honnoujinohen

Definition

noun

1

Honnoji Incident; forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide (June 21, 1582)

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

能

Readings: ノウ、 よ.く

Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity

寺

Readings: ジ、 てら

Meaning: Buddhist temple

変

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える

Meanings: unusual, change, strange