In Japan she, like many outsiders, is baffled by the contrast between a gooey sentimentality about romance, and the sexlessness and distance of many Japanese marriages.

• 在日本，她和许多局外人一样，无法理解为什么人们一面为爱情忧郁感伤，一面又有很多人在婚姻生活中遭遇性冷淡和疏远。