YOU SAID:
his seven-layer cake only had six layers.
INTO JAPANESE
彼の7層のケーキは6層しかありませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
His seven-layer cake had only six layers.
INTO JAPANESE
彼の7層のケーキは6層しかありませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
His seven-layer cake had only six layers.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.