that groundless rumor is ... そういう間柄であってね そんなことは根も葉もない...
a groundless rumor was circulated that he was an unfaithful guy in secrete communication with tokugawa , and there were signs of attempts at overthrowing katsumoto in the osaka-jo castle . きゃつは不忠極まる輩で、内通しているとあらぬ噂が飛びかい、且元失脚を狙うきな臭い動きが大阪城内に立ち込めている。
yoshitomo , who was at the kazusa no suke (assistant governor of kazusa province ) tsunezumi ' s place in kazusa province at the time , compelled tsuneshige and acquired an eviction notice , or a letter of transfer , for the soma-gun village , or soma-go village , using a ' groundless rumor ' of kazusa no suke tsunezumi . 義朝はこのころ上総国の上総介常澄の処に居たが、義朝は上総介常澄の「浮言」を利用して、常重から相馬郡（または郷）の避状（さがりじょう：譲状）を責め取る。
there is a view that tsunakatsu died suddenly because yoshihisa poisoned him , but this is considered a groundless rumor spread by hachiya fukuoji , a feudal retainer of the yonezawa domain , who lost his position in conflict with hyobu chisaka , edo-garo (one of the highest-ranking vassals of a daimyo during the edo period ) of the uesugi family . 綱勝急死は義央による毒殺説が存在するが、これは上杉家江戸家老千坂兵部らと対立して失脚した米沢藩士福王子八弥の流言飛語で、信憑性は乏しいとされている。
