YOU SAID:
The leaf began life as a red button.
INTO JAPANESE
葉は赤いボタンとして生活を始めました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The leaves started their lives as red buttons.
INTO JAPANESE
葉っぱは赤いボタンとして彼らの生活を始めました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Leaves began their lives as red buttons.
INTO JAPANESE
葉は赤いボタンとして彼らの生活を始めました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Leaves began their lives as red buttons.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.