YOU SAID:
i once was king of the underground
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつて地下の王でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was once an underground king
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつて地下王でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I used to be an underground king
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつて地下の王でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was once an underground king
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつて地下王でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I used to be an underground king
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