ために details

write + in order to

kaku tame ni

in order to; for the sake of

meaning: in order to write

留学するりゅうがくするために、お金かねを貯ためています。

ryuugakusuru tame ni, okane o tamete imasu.

I'm saving money in order to study abroad. neutral

家族かぞくのために働はたらいています。

kazoku no tame ni hataraite imasu.

I work for my family's sake. neutral

formal

Examples

in order to — the purpose of a deliberate action

留学りゅうがくするために、お金かねを貯ためています。

ryuugakusurutameni, okane o tamete imasu.

I'm saving money in order to study abroad. neutral

痩やせるために、ジムに通かよい始はじめたんだ。

yaserutameni, jimu ni kayoihajimeta n da.

I've started going to the gym in order to lose weight. casual

for the sake of N — someone or something as beneficiary

家族かぞくのために働はたらいています。

kazoku no tame ni hataraite imasu.

I work for my family's sake. neutral

地域ちいきの子こどもたちのために、新あたらしい図書館としょかんが建たてられました。

chiiki no kodomotachi no tame ni, atarashii toshokan ga tateraremashita.

A new library was built for the children of the area. formal

Formation

{V}ためにattaches to dictionary form
{N}のためにattaches to noun

Variant notes

ため — に dropped — 調査[ちょうさ]のため、一時[いちじ]閉鎖[へいさ]します; announcement and written style.

Notes

In the purpose sense the verb before ために must be volitional — for outcomes you can't will (見える, 分かる), Japanese switches to ように. Nのために can also read as cause: 事故のために遅れた "delayed because of the accident".

Related patterns

Similar

に行く
Both answer "what for?", but に行く covers only purpose of movement with the goal verb reduced to its stem (買いに行く); ために takes any deliberate action and any main verb — 買うために並ぶ has no に行く equivalent.