YOU SAID:
He was arrested but he pleads the fifth.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は逮捕されたが、彼は5番目を嘆願する。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was arrested, but he pleads for a fifth.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は逮捕されたが、5分の1を嘆願した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was arrested, but pleaded for a fifth.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は逮捕されたが、5分の1を訴えた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was arrested, but sued one-fifth.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は逮捕されたが、5分の1を訴えた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was arrested, but sued one-fifth.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
