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ただの山だった場所に完璧な箱庭を造り上げた
ただのやまだったばしょにかんぺきなはこにわをつくりあげたBuilt a perfect miniature landscape on what was just a mountain.
完璧な半熟たまごを作るには経験がいる
かんぺきなはんじゅくたまごをつくるにはけいけんがいるMaking a perfect soft-boiled egg takes experience.
外人サンは、完璧主義である。
がいじんさんは、かんぺきしゅぎである。That foreign guy is a perfectionist.