Konteks Kultural Hoshii ingin dan Hoshigatteiru kelihatannya ingin dalam Kalimat Bahasa Jepang

This paper examines a cultural context that found in Japanese words hoshii want and hoshigatteiru wants. The data are collected from sentences that made by students who are learning Japanese in intermediate level. The sentences collected from assessment (Japanese Level Four/Intermediate Japanese). The reason for selecting the data are: (i) the sentences are not edited, (ii) the senteces vary so the contexts obtained are various. The cultural context which is reflected in the Japanese sentences can be seen in: (i) the construction of sentences, and (ii) the point of view of writers. Intercultural competence becomes an important part in language teaching, then this concept should be included in the test or assessment of language as an integral part in language teaching.