2. If I guess what Nobumori is thinking about, who has not accomplished anything, you might be thinking that Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple is a great enemy and that it will withdraw under Nobunaga's power in a few years even if you do not fight a battle or conceive a stratagem and if you just protect the castle.
一、何ら功績もあげていない信盛らの気持ちを推し量るに石山本願寺を大敵と考え、戦もせず、調略もせず、ただ城の守りを堅めておれば、幾年かもすればゆくゆく信長の威光によって引き下がるであろうという見通しだったのか。