YOU SAID:
he was living in an underground hideout with enough tinned food to last him years
INTO JAPANESE
彼は地下の隠れ家に住んでいました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He lived in an underground hideout
INTO JAPANESE
彼は地下の隠れ家に住んでいた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He lived in an underground hideout
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
