Then Takemikazuchi and others stabbed the Totsuka no Tsurugi sword backward in the sea in front of Okuninushi (chief god of Izumo in southern Honshu Island, Japan, and the central character in the important cycle of myths set in that region), and menaced sitting with his legs crossed on the point of the sword.
その後、タケミカヅチらが大国主の前で十掬剣を海の上に逆さまに刺し、その切先にあぐらをかいて威嚇している。