YOU SAID:
The brown hat was blowing away in the wind.
INTO JAPANESE
茶色の帽子が風に吹かれていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The brown hat was blowing in the wind.
INTO JAPANESE
茶色の帽子が風に吹かれていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The brown hat was blowing in the wind.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.