YOU SAID:

Is it it, or is it it?

INTO JAPANESE

それはそれ、またはそれはそれか。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It is, or what it is.

INTO JAPANESE

そういうものだ

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I learned that the hard way.

INTO JAPANESE

そういうものだ

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I learned that the hard way.