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the pumpkin rotted away in the wind and smelled so futile it burned nostril hairs.

INTO JAPANESE

かぼちゃは風で腐り、臭いがして鼻の毛を燃やしました。

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The pumpkin rotten in the wind, smelled and burned nose hair.

INTO JAPANESE

かぼちゃは風で腐り、鼻の毛の匂いがして焼けました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The pumpkin rotten in the wind, smelled like nose hair and burnt.

INTO JAPANESE

カボチャは風で腐り、鼻毛のような匂いがして焦げた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The pumpkin rotten in the wind, smelled like nose hair and burnt.