Japanese with Manga

Working hard so as to satisfy customers with 〜ように

Grammar Explanation: Doing for a reason with 〜ように

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After visiting Chiya’s family’s café, Cocoa’s sense of work is reinvigorated.

ココア:
「私(わたし)たちもお客(きゃく)さんに満足(まんぞく)してもらえるように頑張(がんば)らなきゃね」
“We've got to work hard too so that customers will be satisfied.”
Literal: “We also have to work hard so that we can receive customers being satisfied.”
リゼ:
「だなー」
“Yeah.”

Key Points

1満足(まんぞく)してもらえるように gives the goal
  • Cocoa says they must work hard so that customers can leave satisfied.
2てもらえる frames satisfaction as a benefit to the café
  • The staff hope to receive the favorable result of customers being pleased, which English states from the customers’ side.
3頑張(がんば)らなきゃ contracts a necessity form
  • 頑張(がんば)らなければ shortens to 頑張(がんば)らなきゃ, with the omitted ending understood as “we have to”.

Vocabulary

(Satisfaction)

満足(まんぞく) means satisfaction, contentment, or having enough to meet a need.

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