YOU SAID:
He was like...a leaf on the wind..
INTO JAPANESE
彼は…風の葉っぱのようでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was like a leaf of the wind.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は風の葉っぱのようでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He looked like a leaf of the wind.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は風の葉っぱのように見えた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He looked like a leaf of the wind.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.