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その為 (sonotame)

hence, for that reason

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

その為 (そのため, sonotame) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “hence, for that reason”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 4

その為ため、面談めんだんを中止ちゅうししたという。

It is said that the meeting was therefore called off.

その為、62、3歳の頃に帰京する。

That is why he returned to the capital at around age 62 or 63.

その為浮浪する牢人を浪人と呼ぶようになった。

For that reason, wandering rōnin came to be called rōnin.

その為、「成り上がり者が調子に乗っている(天狗になっている)」といった侮蔑の意味を込めて保守派が改革派をそう呼んだところから来ているという説。

One theory says that the conservatives scornfully called the reformers Tengu because 'parvenus got carried away and became like a Tengu.'

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