本能寺の変 ほんのうじのへん Meanings Expression, Noun Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582) Kanji 本 origin. Read as ホン. 能 ability. Read as ノウ. 寺 temple 変 change. Read as ヘン. Common phrases 本能寺の変が起こる 本能寺の変が起きる Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists