YOU SAID:
Start with the wood and work your way up
INTO JAPANESE
木から始めて、上へ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Start with a tree and go up
INTO JAPANESE
木から始めて上に行く
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Start from the tree and go up
INTO JAPANESE
ツリーから始めて上に行く
it is unlikely that this phrase will ever reach equilibrium