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tameni
conjunction

Alternate Written Forms:

[ため()·]
tameni
[ため()·]
tameni
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Root Words:

tame + ni

English Meaning(s) for ために

conjunction
  1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  2. because of; as a result of

Stroke Order Diagrams for ために

Sample Sentences for ために

We hurried to make up for the lost time.
They are willing to do it for you.
They implemented a communication policy so as to promote their new concept.
The typhoon accounted for the closing of school.
I have to study hard to keep up with the other students.

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In a previous example containing 為に that went like this;彼女は学校に通うために自転車を買いました would it not be better to write something like 彼女は学校に通うように自転車を買いました since the bicycle was bought with the intention of attending school? As far as i know ように would translate more to "so that" than 為に, the latter giving me the sense that she had bought the bike explicitly for its speceficly intentioned purpose to getting students to school. 

#1 Posted by CenturyNos over 5 years ago


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