天てん下か取とり

noun

seizing control of the country; unifying the realm

Often used in historical contexts referring to the Sengoku period ambition to rule all of Japan. Can also be used figuratively for dominating a field.

• 織お田だ信のぶ長ながは天てん下か取とりを目め指ざした。

  Oda Nobunaga aimed to seize control of the country.

• 彼かれは業ぎょう界かいの天てん下か取とりを狙ねらっている。

  He is aiming to dominate the industry.