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I frequently hear this pattern when watching Japanese TV. From a japanese
native's perspective is this the only meaning to it: "I think I want to ~"
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~したいと思います Does it mean exactly as translated? I think I want to
I think we say
[したいと思います](http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%22%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E6%80%9D%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%22)
to mean "would like to do (now)", and
[したいと思っています](http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%22%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E6%80%9D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%22)
to mean "would like to/hope to do (in the future)". I think したいと思います/と思っています
sounds politer (and humbler?) than したいです.
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