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'.
ファッション雑誌などを参考に、はやっているものを買うという方も多いのではないかと思います。
I imagine many people refer to fashion magazines and buy whatever is currently in style.
つまりN3
Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.
自分の性格や年齢、体型、つまり自分自身の個性に合った服、それが「似合う服」です。
Clothes that match your personality, age, and body shape—in other words, your own individuality—are the clothes that truly “suit you.”
ことはないN3
Tells someone there is no need to do something — 'there's no need to / you don't have to.'
スーツを着ると気持ちが引き締まったり、明るい色の服を着ると心がうきうきしたりという経験をしたことはないだろうか。
Have you ever felt more focused and composed when wearing a suit, or cheerful and excited when wearing brightly colored clothes?
によって/によるN3
Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.
大げさだと思われるかもしれないが、服によって人生さえも変わると思っている。
This may sound exaggerated, but I believe that clothes can even change a person's life.
さえN3
Emphatic particle citing an extreme case to imply all lesser ones hold — 'even (X does)'.
大げさだと思われるかもしれないが、服によって人生さえも変わると思っている。
This may sound exaggerated, but I believe that clothes can even change a person's life.
的（てき）N3
A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).
みんな、もっと積極的に服の力を利用したほうがいい。
People should make more active use of the power of clothing.
などN4
Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.
ファッション雑誌などを参考に、はやっているものを買うという方も多いのではないかと思います。
I imagine many people refer to fashion magazines and buy whatever is currently in style.
と思う（とおもう）N44 times in this passage
Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.
ファッション雑誌などを参考に、はやっているものを買うという方も多いのではないかと思います。
I imagine many people refer to fashion magazines and buy whatever is currently in style.
ばかりN4
Limits or emphasizes a thing — 'only / nothing but' — or after a past-tense verb means 'just (finished) doing.'
それなのに、ファッション雑誌のまねばかりをしていると、自分らしさと服との間にギャップが生まれてしまいます。
And yet, if you do nothing but imitate fashion magazines, a gap will emerge between who you really are and the clothes you wear.
らしいN4
Evidential auxiliary expressing an inference or hearsay from evidence — 'it seems / apparently ~'; also 'typical of, befitting ~'.
それなのに、ファッション雑誌のまねばかりをしていると、自分らしさと服との間にギャップが生まれてしまいます。
And yet, if you do nothing but imitate fashion magazines, a gap will emerge between who you really are and the clothes you wear.
間（あいだ）N4
Marks a span of time or space throughout which, or between whose endpoints, something else continuously holds — 'while; during; between'.
それなのに、ファッション雑誌のまねばかりをしていると、自分らしさと服との間にギャップが生まれてしまいます。
And yet, if you do nothing but imitate fashion magazines, a gap will emerge between who you really are and the clothes you wear.
〜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.
それなのに、ファッション雑誌のまねばかりをしていると、自分らしさと服との間にギャップが生まれてしまいます。
And yet, if you do nothing but imitate fashion magazines, a gap will emerge between who you really are and the clothes you wear.
かもしれないN4
Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.
大げさだと思われるかもしれないが、服によって人生さえも変わると思っている。
This may sound exaggerated, but I believe that clothes can even change a person's life.
〜てみるN4
Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.
しかし、周囲に聞いてみると、はやっているからという理由だけで服を選んでいる人も多いようだ。
However, when I ask people around me, it seems that many choose clothes simply because they are fashionable.
だけでN4
'Just by / with only' — a single small condition alone is enough to produce the result.
しかし、周囲に聞いてみると、はやっているからという理由だけで服を選んでいる人も多いようだ。
However, when I ask people around me, it seems that many choose clothes simply because they are fashionable.
ようだN4
Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".
しかし、周囲に聞いてみると、はやっているからという理由だけで服を選んでいる人も多いようだ。
However, when I ask people around me, it seems that many choose clothes simply because they are fashionable.
ときN4
Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."
服を買うときには、まずどんな自分になりたいのかをイメージして、そのイメージに合った服を選ぶのだ。
When buying clothes, first picture the kind of person you want to become, and then choose clothes that match that image.
〜てくれるN4
Someone does an action for the benefit of the speaker (or the speaker's in-group) — '(someone) does (something) for me'.
なりたい自分になることを、服が応援してくれるはずだ。
Your clothes should help you become the person you want to be.
はずだN4
Expresses the speaker's reasoned confidence that something is or should be the case — 'should, ought to, is supposed to'.
なりたい自分になることを、服が応援してくれるはずだ。
Your clothes should help you become the person you want to be.
〜ているN56 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”.
ファッション雑誌などを参考に、はやっているものを買うという方も多いのではないかと思います。
I imagine many people refer to fashion magazines and buy whatever is currently in style.
だ / ですN54 times in this passage
The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.
自分の性格や年齢、体型、つまり自分自身の個性に合った服、それが「似合う服」です。
Clothes that match your personality, age, and body shape—in other words, your own individuality—are the clothes that truly “suit you.”
そしてN5
Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.
自分自身をしっかり見つめること、そして自分に合った服を選ぶことが大切です。
What is important is to take a good look at yourself and choose clothes that suit you.
〜たり〜たりN52 times in this passage
Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.
スーツを着ると気持ちが引き締まったり、明るい色の服を着ると心がうきうきしたりという経験をしたことはないだろうか。
Have you ever felt more focused and composed when wearing a suit, or cheerful and excited when wearing brightly colored clothes?
だろうN5
Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.
スーツを着ると気持ちが引き締まったり、明るい色の服を着ると心がうきうきしたりという経験をしたことはないだろうか。
Have you ever felt more focused and composed when wearing a suit, or cheerful and excited when wearing brightly colored clothes?
しかしN5
Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.
しかし、周囲に聞いてみると、はやっているからという理由だけで服を選んでいる人も多いようだ。
However, when I ask people around me, it seems that many choose clothes simply because they are fashionable.
とてもN5
Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."
私は、これはとても残念なことだと思う。
I think this is very unfortunate.
ほうがいいN5
Advises that one course of action is preferable — "had better / it's better to".
みんな、もっと積極的に服の力を利用したほうがいい。
People should make more active use of the power of clothing.
どんなN5
Asks or specifies what kind or sort of thing something is, "what kind of".
服を買うときには、まずどんな自分になりたいのかをイメージして、そのイメージに合った服を選ぶのだ。
When buying clothes, first picture the kind of person you want to become, and then choose clothes that match that image.
〜たいN52 times in this passage
Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.
服を買うときには、まずどんな自分になりたいのかをイメージして、そのイメージに合った服を選ぶのだ。
When buying clothes, first picture the kind of person you want to become, and then choose clothes that match that image.
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