1·“Very well,” he replied; “I shall bring you no other marriage portion than a story,” and so they parted.
“对，我将不带什么订婚的礼物，而带一个故事来，”他说。 这样他们就分手了。
2·"Very well, " he replied; "I shall bring you no other marriage portion than a story, " and so they parted.
“很好，”他答道，“我必使你比其他任何一个故事嫁妆”，所以他们分手了。
3·Until the 1970s a large portion of Japanese couples met through omiai, in which marriage-minded people were introduced to each other by relatives or family friends.
报道说，直到1970年，大部分日本人都是靠家人或朋友介绍，通过相亲的方式结婚的。