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I want to say this sentence in Nihongo:

> "From now on, I will do my best to learn Japanese."

I entered the exact same sentence in Google Translate and it gave me:

> これからは、日本語を学ぶために全力を尽くします。

But I am also aware that Google Translate sometimes has grammatical errors in
its result. I can confirm that **これからは** is the correct translation for **from
now on** , since I often hear that in anime episodes, but I am not sure if the
rest of the sentence is correct.

Please help me confirm if the rest of it is grammatically correct, or if
there's something wrong with it. Also, is there a shorter version of saying
this in Nihongo? I feel like this translation is too long. Thank you very
much.

**Background:**

I am very new to learning Japanese. I am learning it for two reasons:

  * to communicate well with my new Japanese friends and clients
  * to fulfill my dream of learning as many languages as I can
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Is there a shorter version of saying "これからは、日本語を学ぶために全力を尽くします。"?
> "From now on, I will do my best to learn Japanese."  
>  これからは、日本語を学ぶために全力を尽くします。

When we learn English language, we Japanese usually say not 英語｛えいご｝を学｛まな｝ぶ,
but say 英語｛えいご｝を勉強｛べんきょう｝する. And, the translation of 全力｛ぜんりょく｝を尽｛つ｝くす for "to
do one's best" is correct, but it doesn't sound natural. So, I recommend you
to say 一生｛いっしょう｝懸命｛けんめい｝/一所｛いっしょ｝懸命｛けんんめい｝～をする. So the appropriate translation
for "From now on, I will do my best to learn Japanese." is;

> これからは、日本語｛にほんご｝を勉強｛べんきょう｝します＋ to do one's best ＝
> これからは、日本語｛にほんご｝を一生｛いっしょう｝懸命｛けんめい｝/一所｛いっしょ｝懸命｛けんめい｝勉強｛べんきょう｝します。

By the way, I'll show you the usage difference between 「全力を尽くす」 and
「一生懸命／一所懸命～をする」. The principal difference lies in the duration time of doing
effort. As for the former phrase, someone does his best only once or for a
short period of time just like "doing one's best in the tennis match", while
for the latter phrase, someone does one's best for a long period of time just
like "doing one's best in learning Japanese."
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