“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。

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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。

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"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。

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Mr Cameron has suffered a series of rifts with a sizeable portion of his backbenchers over Europe, gay marriage and Lords reform.

BBC: John Hayes