However, despite the fact it had consolidated its national strength, Japan still considered Silla as a 'barbarian country,' and tended to treat it as a dependent, thus relations between two countries became tense from time to time.
しかし、日本は国力を充実させた新羅を「蕃国」として位置づけ、従属国として扱おうとしたため、ときに緊張が生まれた。