Because all of my best school friends were getting dolled up to get married with a lot of dowry, and here I was with a tennis racket and going to school and doing all kinds of extracurricular activities.
私の級友たちが全員 高額の持参金と共にお嫁に行く一方で 私はテニスラケットを持って学校に通い 多くの課外活動に取り組んでいたのです