YOU SAID:

i ate my neighbours shoelace

INTO JAPANESE

私は隣人の靴紐を食べた

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I ate a neighbor shoelace

INTO JAPANESE

私は隣の靴紐を食べた

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I ate the next shoelace

INTO JAPANESE

私は次の靴紐を食べた

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I ate the next shoelace