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ため · tame · JLPT N4 · noun

in order to

🎁 Sounds like tah-meh: I TAMEd the dog for its own good

ため (tame) reads like the English word tame. You tame an animal for its benefit and in order to reach a goal, covering both senses: X の ため = for the sake of X, and verb + ために = in order to do.

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