Immigration Bureau; Immigration Office
please sit down; please have a seat
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to have a name entered in the family register
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants
comparatively; relatively
sham marriage; fake marriage
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
several years; a few years
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
wedded life; married life
(period of) a year; during an era
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
letter; missive; note; mail
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
testimony; (verbal) evidence
those (near the second person)
administrative scrivener; notary public; paralegal qualified to prepare legal documents on administrative matters, e.g. immigration
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
wedding ring; wedding band
amount left over; remaining portion
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)