Example sentences
Formation
(i) {V/Adjective い} informal | ために | |
{話す /話した} ために | In order to talk/because someone talks/talked | |
{食べる /食べた} ために | In order to eat/because someone eats/ate | |
{高い /高かった} ために | Because something is/was high | |
(ii) Adjective な stem | {な/だった} ために | |
{静かな/静かだった} ために | Because something is/was quiet | |
(iii) Noun | {の/だった} ために | |
{先生の/先生だった} ために | For the sake of the teacher/because of the teacher/because someone is/was a teacher | |
(iv) Demonstrative Adjective | ために | |
{この /その} ために | For the sake of this/that, because of this/that |