| From my
basic Japanese I can see she has to go home because of
money. And she is
just a friend and nothing more. I wish it could have
been more but we only recently met and I don't think she
really felt anything. But she has been really kind to me
and has been a
very good friend, and a
very good
teacher. My Japanese is really coming on strong for
a beginner and she has given me lots of encouragement.
She told me last time we were out she wanted me to meet
her other friend before she
goes back home to Japan. Her
friend is Japanese,
single and I think a little
lonely like myself. And I think she wants us all to
meet up before she goes. She said, "She is single like
you and I want you to meet each other."
I am not particularly physically
attractive but she has never (yet) told me that and
has been kind to my
ego throughout. I genuinely feel she
is a
lovely girl; I only wish I could have gotten to know
better.
I can see in her letter she is paying
me compliments but the Japanese she is talking is very
native and beyond my dictionaries. And I can see (I
think) that her mind is made up. I really need your help
confirming all this and offering your advice
how now to leave it so we can keep writing and
stay
the best of friends. And is she inviting me to
become friends with her other friend.
She really enjoyed my last email and
helped us talk to each other in much more detail than we
have previously been able. I can understand that from
her first line of this e-mail... I am learning...
slowly... but I am studying and learning and have total
respect for the
Japanese language and a culture and a great desire
to soon be able to speak it. |
