<4> Teiho and Ikuko began writing to each other in English. But little by little they added sentences in Korean or
and dreams. At first Tomoe was jealous of Ikuko, but she soon accepted the situation and supported her. Moreover, the three girls startde learning the Korean language as Ikuko did. But things did not always go all right. Ikuko's father nagashi-singer, who was losing work due to the boom in karaoke in those days. He became even more frustrated when he knew his daughter had a Korean boyfriends. Ikuko noticed the same attitude among some of her neighbors. Teiho's mother also hed negative feelings about the situation. She didn't like Japanese people, because her uncle hed been killed by the Japanese army in the war. She wrote to Ikuko, asking her not to write to Teiho any more. She added that Ikuko's letters disturbed her son who was preparing for the coming enterance exams to college.