(This means that although Toshiie is lower than Ieyasu both in the official rank and the territories and kokudaka (crop yield), he is a man of brilliant military feat and is trusted by Hideyoshi, so Toshiie is by far more popular than Ieyasu.)
(利家は家康より官位も領国石高も下だが、彼は武勲の者であり秀吉に信頼されているため、人望は利家のほうがはるかに大きい、という意)。