Our ancestors, from the past, wore armor, roamed through mountains and rivers, and without a days rest, conquered fifty-five regions of the Emishi (one of natives in Japan) in the East, conquered sixty-six regions of Shui (one of natives in Japan) in the West, went overseas and conquered ninety-five regions in the North crossing the sea, and established a powerful country.
昔からわが祖先は、みずから甲冑をつらぬき、山川を跋渉し、安んじる日もなく、東は毛人を征すること五十五国、西は衆夷を服すること六十六国、北のかた海を渡って、平らげること九十五国に及び、強大な一国家を作りあげました。