YOU SAID:
Apples to apples, pears to pears.
INTO JAPANESE
りんご、りんご、梨、りんご。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Apples, apples, pears, apples.
INTO JAPANESE
リンゴ、リンゴ、ナシ、リンゴ。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Apples, apples, pears, apples.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.