将来の夢
My future dream
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My future dream is to become a Japanese language teacher. Since I was a child, I liked teaching things to people. Since coming to Japan, I have come to love the Japanese language very much. So I want to become a teacher who teaches Japanese. For that reason, I am studying hard every day right now. I want to learn not only Japanese but also Japanese culture and history deeply. Someday I want to have my own class and teach Japanese to people from all over the world. I will keep working hard to make my dream come true.
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Watashi no shōrai no yume wa, nihongo no sensei ni naru koto desu. Kodomo no koro kara, hito ni nanika o oshieru koto ga suki deshita. Nihon ni kite kara, nihongo ga totemo suki ni narimashita. Dakara, nihongo o oshieru sensei ni naritai to omotte imasu. Sono tame ni, ima mainichi isshōkenmei benkyō shite imasu. Nihongo dake de naku, nihon no bunka ya rekishi mo fukaku manabitai desu. Itsuka jibun no kurasu o motte, sekaijū no hito ni nihongo o oshietai desu. Yume o kanaeru tame ni, korekara mo ganbari tsuzukemasu.
Key vocabulary from this passage
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future
しょうらい · noun
将来の夢は何ですか？
What is your dream for the future?
dream
ゆめ · noun
私の夢は先生になることです。
My dream is to become a teacher.
teacher
せんせい · noun
日本語の先生になりたいです。
I want to become a Japanese teacher.
when I was a child, childhood
こどものころ · expression
子どものころ、アニメが好きでした。
When I was a child, I liked anime.
to teach
おしえる · verb
日本語を教えたいです。
I want to teach Japanese.
with all one's effort, hard
いっしょうけんめい · adverb
一生懸命勉強しています。
I am studying hard.
not only 〜 but also
だけでなく · grammar expression
日本語だけでなく、文化も学びたいです。
I want to learn not only Japanese but also culture.
all over the world
せかいじゅう · noun
世界中の人と話したいです。
I want to talk with people from all over the world.
to make a dream come true
ゆめをかなえる · verb phrase
夢をかなえるために頑張ります。
I will do my best to make my dream come true.
to keep working hard, to keep trying
がんばりつづける · verb phrase
これからも頑張り続けます。
I will keep working hard from now on.
becoming 〜 (as a noun phrase)
になること · grammar expression
先生になることが夢です。
My dream is becoming a teacher.
for that reason, in order to do that
そのために · expression
そのために、毎日練習しています。
For that reason, I practice every day.
I am thinking I want to become 〜
になりたいとおもっています · grammar expression
先生になりたいと思っています。
I am thinking I want to become a teacher.
since doing 〜 / after doing 〜
てから · grammar expression
日本に来てから、日本語が好きになりました。
Since coming to Japan, I have come to love Japanese.
to have, to hold
もつ · verb
いつか自分のクラスを持ちたいです。
Someday I want to have my own class.
Grammar in this passage
The 5 patterns this passage is built on, each with an example straight from the text.
〜になることです
My dream / goal is to become 〜. Turns a verb into a noun to use as the subject or predicate.
〜になる ＋ ことです（例：先生になる → 先生になることです） Verb + koto desu — nominalizes the verb
私の夢は、日本語の先生になることです。
My dream is to become a Japanese language teacher.
〜になりたいと思っています
I am thinking I want to become 〜. A natural, ongoing way to express a career or life aspiration.
名詞 ＋ になりたい ＋ と思っています Noun + ni naritai + to omotte imasu
日本語を教える先生になりたいと思っています。
I am thinking I want to become a teacher who teaches Japanese.
そのために〜ています
For that purpose, I am doing 〜. Connects a goal to an ongoing action being taken to achieve it.
そのために ＋ 動詞て形 ＋ います Sono tame ni + verb te-form + imasu
そのために、今毎日一生懸命勉強しています。
For that purpose, I am studying hard every day right now.
〜だけでなく〜も
Not only 〜 but also 〜. Expands a statement to include additional things.
名詞 ＋ だけでなく ＋ 名詞 ＋ も（例：日本語だけでなく、文化も） Noun + dake de naku + noun + mo
日本語だけでなく、日本の文化や歴史も学びたいです。
I want to learn not only Japanese but also Japanese culture and history.
〜ために〜続けます
In order to 〜, I will keep doing 〜. Combines purpose (ために) with continuation (続ける).
夢をかなえるために ＋ 動詞 ＋ 続けます Yume o kanaeru tame ni + verb + tsuzukemasu
夢をかなえるために、これからも頑張り続けます。
In order to make my dream come true, I will keep working hard.