YOU SAID:
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
INTO JAPANESE
彼はパイプの端をしっかりと歯でくわえ、
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He holds the end of the pipe tightly in his teeth.
INTO JAPANESE
彼はパイプの端をしっかりと歯でくわえている。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He holds the end of the pipe tightly in his teeth.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.