彼女は高価ではないがさっぱりとした服装をしていた。

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English Translation

Though she did not wear expensive clothes, she was neatly dressed.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は高価(こうか)ではないがさっぱりとした服装(ふくそう)をしていた。

Romanji

Kanojo wa kōka de wa nai ga sappari to shita fukusō o shiteita.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

高価 (こうか)

high price

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

さっぱり (さっぱり)

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; trimmed; plain; simple; completely; entirely; not in the least (in sentence with negative verb); not at all; completely ignorant; not doing at all

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

服装 (ふくそう)

garments; attire

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.