Japan – The Future Planet

Kanji	Hiragana	Rōmaji^[14]	IPA transcription^[a]
君きみが代よは千ち代よに八や千ち代よにさざれ石いしの巌いわおとなりて苔こけの生むすまで	きみがよはちよにやちよにさざれいしのいわおとなりてこけのむすまで	Kimigayo wa Chiyo ni yachiyo ni Sazare-ishi no Iwao to narite Koke no musu made	[ki.mi.ɡa.jo ɰa] [t͡ɕi.ꜜjo ɲi ja.ꜜt͡ɕi.jo ɲi] [sa.za.ɾe.ꜜi.ɕi no] [i.ɰa.o to na.ɾi.te] [ko.keꜜ no mɯ.ꜜsɯ ma.de]

English translation^[42]	Poetic English translation by Basil Hall Chamberlain^[43]
May your reign Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations, Until the tiny pebbles Grow into massive boulders Lush with moss	Thousands of years of happy reign be thine; Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.