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服の選びかたは保守的になってきている。

Sentence Analyzer

選びかた 保守的 なってきている

English Translation

The choice of clothes has become conservative.

Furigana

(ふく)(えら)びかたは保守的(ほしゅてき)になってきている。

Romanji

Fuku no erabikata wa hoshuteki ni nattekiteiru.

Words

(ふく)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
保守的 (ほしゅてき)
conservative
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Reading: フク
Meanings: clothing, admit, obey, discharge
Readings: セン、 えら.ぶ
Meanings: elect, select, choose, prefer
Readings: ホ、 ホウ、 たも.つ
Meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
Readings: シュ、 ス、 まも.る、 まも.り、 もり、 -もり、 かみ
Meanings: guard, protect, defend, obey
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending