noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
attacking the shogunate; overthrowing the shogunate
Historical term referring to the movement or act of attempting to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, especially in the late Edo period. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to attempt to overthrow the shogunate'.
討幕運動は幕末に活発化した。
The movement to overthrow the shogunate intensified at the end of the Edo period.
彼らは討幕
They plotted to overthrow the shogunate.