YOU SAID:
once upon a tinseltop
INTO JAPANESE
見掛け倒しに一度
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Once to tinker
INTO JAPANESE
いじくり回すと
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When you tinker
INTO JAPANESE
あなたがいじくり回すとき
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When you tinker
That didn't even make that much sense in English.