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私の恋人のみどり My lover Midori

外面がいいことが悩みだという不器用な人

On the outside is fine she's a clumsy person.

What I don't understand is 悩みだという acting here. Am I missing something?

Bluegate
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You can parse it like this:

『[外面]{そとづら}がいいことが悩みだ』という［不器用な］人

Literally A ［clumsy］ person who claims "My trouble is that I'm double-faced"

[外面]{そとづら}がいい means "being nice to everybody except one's family".

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The clause 悩みだという modifies 不器用. It tells you what kind of clumsy she is: the kind about which one might say (the という construction) "that's distressing/problematic" (悩みだ).

Karl Knechtel
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    I think that 悩みだという is modifying 人, or if you will, it is modifying「不器用な人」 as a whole, but it isn't modifying 不器用. – jarmanso7 Jul 31 '23 at 12:09