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the house is a home within a home by the lake
INTO JAPANESE
家は湖のほとりの家の中の家です
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The house is a house in a house on the shores of the lake
INTO JAPANESE
家は湖のほとりにある家の中の家です
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The house is a house inside a house on the shores of the lake
INTO JAPANESE
家は湖のほとりの家の中の家です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The house is a house in a house on the shores of the lake
INTO JAPANESE
家は湖のほとりにある家の中の家です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The house is a house inside a house on the shores of the lake
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