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)
Word Meaning 敵は本能寺にあり
てきはほんのうじにあり
teki ha honnoujiniari
敵は本能寺にあり is read as てきはほんのうじにあり (teki ha honnoujiniari) and means his true objective lies elsewhere.
Meaning
English
- his true objective lies elsewhere
- there are ulterior motives at play
- the enemy is at Honnōji
Reading
Kana
てきはほんのうじにあり
Romaji
teki ha honnoujiniari
Writing Variants
- 敵は本能寺に在り てきはほんのうじにあり teki ha honnouji ni ari