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〜んがため

JLPT N1 Inevitability and compulsion

in order to; for the sake of

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んがため expresses a strong purpose one strives toward. Attach んがために to a verb's ない-stem (する becomes せんがため). It is formal and literary, stressing a determined goal behind an action.

Examples

  • んがに、でた。

    Ikinokoran ga tame ni, hisshi de hataraita.

    I worked desperately in order to survive.

  • んがに、はをた。

    Katan ga tame ni, kare wa arayuru te o tsukushita.

    In order to win, he tried every possible means.

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