"Kimi to kekkon shitai (君と結婚したい, I want to marry you). Hontō ni (本当に, really)."
The girl grins. "Look at me. I've got braces on my teeth."
Peter is disconcerted — not at the braces but at her refusal to ma ni ukeru (真に受ける, take him seriously).
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