应仁之乱

Traditional form:

應仁之亂

Pinyin (reading):

Yīngrénzhīluàn

Definitions:

• Ōnin war 1467-1477 between factions of Ashikaga shogunate

Characters:

• 应 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 仁 - benevolent, humane, kind
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 乱 - anarchy, chaos; revolt

Traditional characters:

• 應 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 仁 - benevolent, humane, kind
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 亂 - anarchy, chaos; revolt