というN33 times in this passage
Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.
読書好きの子供たちに、おすすめの本を聞いてみると、「〇〇という登場人物が活躍するシリーズ本！」という答えがよく返ってくる。
When children who love reading are asked what books they recommend, they often reply, “A series featuring a character named ○○!”
〜向けN3
Suffix on a noun marking something as made or intended for that target audience or market; "(intended) for / aimed at".
今は、子供向けのシリーズものが数多く出版されている。
Today, a great many series for children are being published.
としてN3
Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".
3人組の少年が町に起きた事件を解決するシリーズ、小学生の女の子が温泉の女主人候補として活躍するシリーズ、などが代表的だ。
Typical examples include a series in which three boys solve incidents that occur in their town, and another in which an elementary-school girl plays an active role as a candidate to become the proprietress of a hot-spring inn.
的（てき）N32 times in this passage
A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).
3人組の少年が町に起きた事件を解決するシリーズ、小学生の女の子が温泉の女主人候補として活躍するシリーズ、などが代表的だ。
Typical examples include a series in which three boys solve incidents that occur in their town, and another in which an elementary-school girl plays an active role as a candidate to become the proprietress of a hot-spring inn.
というのはN33 times in this passage
Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.
シリーズものというのは、だれにとっても誘惑的な存在です。
Series are tempting to everyone.
にとってN3
Marks the person or thing from whose standpoint something is judged or matters; 'for', 'to'.
シリーズものというのは、だれにとっても誘惑的な存在です。
Series are tempting to everyone.
がちN3
Suffix on a noun or verb stem meaning "tend to / be prone to / apt to" — something happens often, usually undesirably.
読書好きな大人でも、気楽に本を楽しみたいときには、好きな作家のおなじみのシリーズを選びがちですが、それは、基本設定や主な登場人物がわかっていて、その世界に入りこみやすく、入ってみたら苦手な世界だったという心配もいらないからです。
Even adults who love reading tend to choose a familiar series by a favorite author when they simply want to enjoy a book without much effort, because they already know the basic setting and main characters, making the world easy to enter, and they need not worry that once they start they will discover it is a world they dislike.
まるでN3
Signals a vivid simile or comparison, usually closed by ようだ/みたい (or, with a negative, 'not at all'), 'just like / as if'.
（中略）しかし、成長期の子どもの時間は、九歳の一年と十歳の一年とではまるでちがう、かけがえのないものであって、その貴重な時間が、一人の作家の一つの世界に長期にわたって占領されてしまうというのは、たとえそのシリーズの内容がそう悪くなくても、明らかに問題です。
(Omitted) However, the time children have while growing up is irreplaceable: a year at age nine is entirely different from a year at age ten. Therefore, it is clearly problematic for that precious time to be occupied for a long period by the single world of a single author, even if the content of the series itself is not particularly bad.
たとえ〜てもN3
Concessive 'even if / even though' — sets up a hypothetical or fact that does not change the outcome.
（中略）しかし、成長期の子どもの時間は、九歳の一年と十歳の一年とではまるでちがう、かけがえのないものであって、その貴重な時間が、一人の作家の一つの世界に長期にわたって占領されてしまうというのは、たとえそのシリーズの内容がそう悪くなくても、明らかに問題です。
(Omitted) However, the time children have while growing up is irreplaceable: a year at age nine is entirely different from a year at age ten. Therefore, it is clearly problematic for that precious time to be occupied for a long period by the single world of a single author, even if the content of the series itself is not particularly bad.
〜てみるN42 times in this passage
Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.
読書好きの子供たちに、おすすめの本を聞いてみると、「〇〇という登場人物が活躍するシリーズ本！」という答えがよく返ってくる。
When children who love reading are asked what books they recommend, they often reply, “A series featuring a character named ○○!”
〜てくるN4
Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.
読書好きの子供たちに、おすすめの本を聞いてみると、「〇〇という登場人物が活躍するシリーズ本！」という答えがよく返ってくる。
When children who love reading are asked what books they recommend, they often reply, “A series featuring a character named ○○!”
などN42 times in this passage
Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.
親世代にも「名探偵シャーロック・ホームズ」などに夢中になった人がいることだろう。
Among the parents’ generation, too, there are probably people who were once absorbed in series such as “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes.”
〜ていくN4
Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.
こうした本に親しんでいる子供は「次はどんな展開になるんだろう」とわくわくして次の巻へと読み進み、楽しい読書体験を重ねていく。
Children familiar with such books excitedly wonder, “What will happen next?” and move on to the next volume, accumulating enjoyable reading experiences.
ときN42 times in this passage
Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."
読書好きな大人でも、気楽に本を楽しみたいときには、好きな作家のおなじみのシリーズを選びがちですが、それは、基本設定や主な登場人物がわかっていて、その世界に入りこみやすく、入ってみたら苦手な世界だったという心配もいらないからです。
Even adults who love reading tend to choose a familiar series by a favorite author when they simply want to enjoy a book without much effort, because they already know the basic setting and main characters, making the world easy to enter, and they need not worry that once they start they will discover it is a world they dislike.
やすいN4
Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').
読書好きな大人でも、気楽に本を楽しみたいときには、好きな作家のおなじみのシリーズを選びがちですが、それは、基本設定や主な登場人物がわかっていて、その世界に入りこみやすく、入ってみたら苦手な世界だったという心配もいらないからです。
Even adults who love reading tend to choose a familiar series by a favorite author when they simply want to enjoy a book without much effort, because they already know the basic setting and main characters, making the world easy to enter, and they need not worry that once they start they will discover it is a world they dislike.
たらN4
Conditional/temporal ending on the plain-past stem meaning that once or if the first action happens, the second follows ('if / once / when ... then').
読書好きな大人でも、気楽に本を楽しみたいときには、好きな作家のおなじみのシリーズを選びがちですが、それは、基本設定や主な登場人物がわかっていて、その世界に入りこみやすく、入ってみたら苦手な世界だったという心配もいらないからです。
Even adults who love reading tend to choose a familiar series by a favorite author when they simply want to enjoy a book without much effort, because they already know the basic setting and main characters, making the world easy to enter, and they need not worry that once they start they will discover it is a world they dislike.
〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4
Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.
（中略）しかし、成長期の子どもの時間は、九歳の一年と十歳の一年とではまるでちがう、かけがえのないものであって、その貴重な時間が、一人の作家の一つの世界に長期にわたって占領されてしまうというのは、たとえそのシリーズの内容がそう悪くなくても、明らかに問題です。
(Omitted) However, the time children have while growing up is irreplaceable: a year at age nine is entirely different from a year at age ten. Therefore, it is clearly problematic for that precious time to be occupied for a long period by the single world of a single author, even if the content of the series itself is not particularly bad.
てもN4
Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.
（中略）しかし、成長期の子どもの時間は、九歳の一年と十歳の一年とではまるでちがう、かけがえのないものであって、その貴重な時間が、一人の作家の一つの世界に長期にわたって占領されてしまうというのは、たとえそのシリーズの内容がそう悪くなくても、明らかに問題です。
(Omitted) However, the time children have while growing up is irreplaceable: a year at age nine is entirely different from a year at age ten. Therefore, it is clearly problematic for that precious time to be occupied for a long period by the single world of a single author, even if the content of the series itself is not particularly bad.
だろうN5
Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.
親世代にも「名探偵シャーロック・ホームズ」などに夢中になった人がいることだろう。
Among the parents’ generation, too, there are probably people who were once absorbed in series such as “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes.”
〜ているN52 times in this passage
Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.
今は、子供向けのシリーズものが数多く出版されている。
Today, a great many series for children are being published.
どんなN5
Asks or specifies what kind or sort of thing something is, "what kind of".
こうした本に親しんでいる子供は「次はどんな展開になるんだろう」とわくわくして次の巻へと読み進み、楽しい読書体験を重ねていく。
Children familiar with such books excitedly wonder, “What will happen next?” and move on to the next volume, accumulating enjoyable reading experiences.
んですN5
Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.
こうした本に親しんでいる子供は「次はどんな展開になるんだろう」とわくわくして次の巻へと読み進み、楽しい読書体験を重ねていく。
Children familiar with such books excitedly wonder, “What will happen next?” and move on to the next volume, accumulating enjoyable reading experiences.
だ / ですN55 times in this passage
The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.
シリーズものというのは、だれにとっても誘惑的な存在です。
Series are tempting to everyone.
〜たいN52 times in this passage
Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.
読書好きな大人でも、気楽に本を楽しみたいときには、好きな作家のおなじみのシリーズを選びがちですが、それは、基本設定や主な登場人物がわかっていて、その世界に入りこみやすく、入ってみたら苦手な世界だったという心配もいらないからです。
Even adults who love reading tend to choose a familiar series by a favorite author when they simply want to enjoy a book without much effort, because they already know the basic setting and main characters, making the world easy to enter, and they need not worry that once they start they will discover it is a world they dislike.
とてもN5
Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."
読書力のない子どもならなおさらで、数をかせぎたいときには、探すのも楽、読むのも楽というのは、とても大きな誘惑です。
This is even more true for children with weak reading ability: when they want to rack up the number of books they have read, something that is easy both to find and to read is an extremely strong temptation.
しかしN5
Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.
（中略）しかし、成長期の子どもの時間は、九歳の一年と十歳の一年とではまるでちがう、かけがえのないものであって、その貴重な時間が、一人の作家の一つの世界に長期にわたって占領されてしまうというのは、たとえそのシリーズの内容がそう悪くなくても、明らかに問題です。
(Omitted) However, the time children have while growing up is irreplaceable: a year at age nine is entirely different from a year at age ten. Therefore, it is clearly problematic for that precious time to be occupied for a long period by the single world of a single author, even if the content of the series itself is not particularly bad.
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