YOU SAID:
I kinda wish she were dead
INTO JAPANESE
彼女が死んでいたらいいのに
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wish she was dead
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は死んだ方がマシだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wish she was dead.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は死んだ方がマシだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wish she was dead.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.