YOU SAID:
The building cracked under its own weight.
INTO JAPANESE
建物は自重で割れた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The building cracked by its own weight.
INTO JAPANESE
その建物は自重で割れた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The building broke by its own weight.
INTO JAPANESE
その建物は自重で壊れた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The building was broken by its own weight.
INTO JAPANESE
建物は自重で壊れていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The building was broken by its own weight.
You've done this before, haven't you.