marriage proposal; marriage talks
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
formal marriage interview
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
sons and daughters; children; girl
social life; social intercourse
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
(someone else's) child; child; kid
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
middle of the night; dead of night
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
women's group; women's association
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
local election; regional elections
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
another dimension; different level; whole other level
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
carriage; movement (of the body)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)