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the car crashed into a tree
INTO JAPANESE
車が木に衝突した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the car collided with a tree
INTO JAPANESE
車は木に衝突した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the car hit a tree
INTO JAPANESE
車が木に衝突した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the car collided with a tree
INTO JAPANESE
車は木に衝突した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the car hit a tree
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