in the cards: likely or certain to happen
> We thought it was in the cards for him to aim to become a doctor.
Simply to aim to become a doctor doesn't seem like enough of a noteworthy occurrence to merit the use of the expression "in the cards".
More likely:
We thought it was in the cards for him to become a doctor.
We thought it was in the cards for him to go to medical school.
However, I don't know what the linked Japanese says.
Yes, the Japanese says "aim to become a doctor", so while it might be a bit awkward, I did not want to remove "aim to" to create a translation far from the original.
@xtofu80, thanks for the feedback.
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