YOU SAID:
The boy drank the apple
INTO JAPANESE
少年はリンゴを飲んだ
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The boy drank apples.
INTO JAPANESE
少年はりんごを飲んだ。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The boy drank an apple.
INTO JAPANESE
少年はリンゴを飲んだ。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The boy drank apples.
INTO JAPANESE
少年はりんごを飲んだ。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The boy drank an apple.
INTO JAPANESE
少年はリンゴを飲んだ。
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