そのために (sono tame ni)

Meaning

  1. hence

All JLPT 3 grammar : そのために(そのために, sono tame ni), hence; for that reason, [Expression]

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
彼はそのために仕事を失った。That cost him his job.
私は一生懸命働いた、そのためにとても疲れた。I worked hard all day, so I was very tired.
私たちは交通が30分渋滞してそのために遅刻した。We were held up for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.
まだそのためには機が熟していないと思う。I’m afraid the time is not yet ripe for it.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
karehe, him
kotothing, matter
仕事shigotowork, job
inochilife, life force
一生isshouwhole life, a lifetime
疲れtsukaretiredness, fatigue
一生懸命isshoukenmeivery hard, with utmost effort
とてもtotemovery, exceedingly
watashiI, me
bunpart, segment, share
遅刻chikokulateness, late coming
渋滞juutaicongestion, stagnation
交通koutsuutraffic, transportation
思うomouto think, to consider
まだmadastill, not yet

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ジ,ズこと, つか.う, つか.えるmatter, thing
シ,ジつか.えるattend, doing
かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
シツうしな.う, う.せるlose, error, fault
セイ,ショウい.きる, い.かす, い.けるlife, genuine, birth
わたくし, わたしprivate, me
ドウはたら.くwork
つか.れる, -づか.れ, つか.らすexhausted, tire, weary
メイ,ミョウいのちfate, destiny, life
ツウ,ツとお.る, とお.り, -とお.りpass through
おく.れる, おく.らす, おそ.いslow, late, back
コクきざ.む, きざ.みengrave, carving
コウまじ.わる, まじ.える, ま.じるmingle, mixing
おも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.すthink
はたmechanism, machine

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