YOU SAID:
I got the answer to life.
INTO JAPANESE
私は人生への答えを得た。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I got an answer to my life.
INTO JAPANESE
私は私の人生に答えました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I answered my life.
INTO JAPANESE
私は自分の人生に答えました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I answered my life.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.