YOU SAID:

Close but it got messy

INTO JAPANESE

閉じたけどめちゃくちゃになった

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I closed it but it was a mess.

INTO JAPANESE

閉めたけどめちゃくちゃだった。

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I closed it, but it was a mess.

INTO JAPANESE

閉めたんですが、めちゃくちゃでした。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I closed it, but it was a mess.