YOU SAID:
He turned a new leaf, only to find the other side.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は新しい葉をめくったが、反対側を見つけるだけだった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He turned over a new leaf, only to find the other side.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は新しい葉をひっくり返したが、反対側を見つけただけだった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He turned the new leaf over, only to find the other side.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は新しい葉をひっくり返したが、反対側を見つけた.
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He turned the new leaf over, but found the other side.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は新しい葉をひっくり返しましたが、反対側を見つけました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He turned the new leaf over, but found the other side.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.