YOU SAID:
our friends are like a family
INTO JAPANESE
私たちの友達は家族のようです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Our friends are like family
INTO JAPANESE
私たちの友達は家族みたいです
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Our friends like family
INTO JAPANESE
家族のような私たちの友達
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Our friends like family
That didn't even make that much sense in English.