そのため

そのため · sonotame · JLPT N2 · noun

for that reason

so-no-tame: so (That) + no + tame (for the sake of); 'for that reason'

そ- points back to what was just said, の links it, and ため means 'because of / for the sake of'. Together: 'for that reason'.

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