I'm trying to say "I do X so that I can do Y".
For example: "I work so that I can enjoy life".
The closest I've been able to get is something like:
働【はたら】くから、人生【じんせい】を楽【たの】しめます。 (because I work, I can enjoy life)
Is there a way of saying this with a closer implication to the original English?
働くから人生を楽しめます ("I can enjoy life because I work"; 働う should be a typo for 働く) makes sense, but there is some difference in meaning.
To describe your purpose ("in order to", "so that", ...), you can use ～ように or ～ために. For the difference, see: On the interchangeability of ~ように and ~ために
- 人生を楽しむために働きます。
- 人生を楽しめるように働きます。
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