in order to; for the sake of

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

• 生いき残のこらんがために、必死ひっしで働はたらいた。

  Ikinokoran ga tame ni, hisshi de hataraita.

  I worked desperately in order to survive.

• 勝かたんがために、彼かれはあらゆる手てを尽つくした。

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

  In order to win, he tried every possible means.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 必死 desperate, frantic
• 働く to work
• 勝つ to win
• 彼 he, him
• 手 hand

Related patterns · Inevitability and compulsion

• 〜ずにはおかない will inevitably; won't leave it without
• 〜を余儀なくされる be forced to; have no choice but
• 〜を禁じ得ない cannot help but feel
• 〜てやまない can't stop; sincerely (do)
• 〜べく in order to