| Similar to 'traitor,' it is a word chanted by those supported by, or who won over the emperor or Imperial Court in the era, to conspire political elimination of the political (or at times, military) adversary. |
「逆賊」などと同じで、各々の時代において、天皇、朝廷の支持を得た側、味方に取り込んだ側が、政治的（時には軍事的）対立者の政治的抹殺を謀って唱えた言葉。 |