An older wife brings stability and wealth

Just as planned

syrup-covered bean paste

Up a creek without a paddle

To be up a creek without a paddle

theater (both performance location and battle location)

enjoyment; rejoicing

Acquiescence

be willing to do anything to achieve one's ambitions

Easier said than done

even though; despite

Why pay someone else to do what you can do yourself?

Every house has its rats

One man's loss is another man's gain

chestnut in its burr

To everything there is a season

raft

Japanese sand lance

I wonder how much…; How…it must be

to fight; to quarrel

to get angry