Yatsukamizuomitsunu no Mikoto complained that Izumo was a small and young (incomplete) province, so he came up with an idea that would make the area larger by dragging extra areas from other provinces and connecting them onto the land of the Izumo Province.
八束水臣津野命（やつかみずおみつぬのみこと）は、出雲の国は狭い若国（未完成の国）であるので、他の国の余った土地を引っ張ってきて広く継ぎ足そうとした。