豊臣秀吉は家臣の有力大名の中から豊臣政権の政策につき合議する5人の大老（五大老）を選任し、その筆頭を徳川家康としていました。
From his vassals (powerful feudal lords), Hideyoshi Toyotomi selected 5 Tairo who conferred about the policies of Toyotomi Administration, and he appointed Ieyasu Tokugawa its head.
最強の味方にも最大の敵にもなりえるほど優秀な徳川家康を警戒していた豊臣秀吉は、当時極めて辺鄙な地であった江戸（東京都）を領地として与えました。
Since Ieyasu Tokugawa was so competent that he could be Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s best ally or his worst enemy, he gave Ieyasu Tokugawa the domain in Edo (Tokyo) which was nowhere but an extremely difficult place to prosper at the time.
ところが、徳川家康は類い希なる機転と強い信念で着々と江戸の建設を進め、寧ろ力を着実につけていきました。
However, owing to his extraordinary cleverness and strong faith, Ieyasu Tokugawa had steadily been constructing Edo as a prosperous town and readily gaining more power.
豊臣秀吉の死亡時に世継ぎが僅か5歳であったため、五大老筆頭の徳川家康が豊臣政権の力を引き継ぐことになりました。
When Hideyoshi Toyotomi died, his son was only 5 years old, so Ieyasu Tokugawa, the head of 5 Tairo succeeded the power of Toyotomi Administration.
