> 日本人をよく理解しよう **と** 一生懸命な人もいます

I don't understand the function of this particle in this sentence. this
sentence could be translated as: "there are also dedicated people **that**
want to understand better Japanese people"?
CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-05-18T20:32:05.000
58807
2018-07-19T17:41:21.767
2018-06-17T21:05:24.287
29874
question
particle-と
function of と particle in 日本人をよく理解しようと一生懸命な人もいます
Here is an answer that has the explanation of that usage of the particle with
this usage: <https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/47519/22133>

Basically it is a quotation of someone's speech or thoughts without the words
言う or 思う. You could translate the sentence like this

> There are also (even) dedicated people who think "Let's understand Japanese
> people well".

This is pretty awkward in English, but it gets across the idea that the people
are _thinking_ what comes before the と. Your translation is probably better
because it gives off the same meaning and is less strange.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-05-18T20:39:54.203
58808
2018-06-19T17:18:47.047
2018-06-19T17:18:47.047
22133
22133
58807
answer