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Grammar detail: 〜がため

〜がため - in order to
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ん negative form
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がため
means
in order to (do something)
This form is similar to the much more common form verb dictionary form + ために, but the tone is stronger.
あの
ころ
頃
わたしは
だいがく
大学
に
しんがく
進学
せんがために
まいにち
毎日
ひっし
必死
でがんばった。
At that time, in order to go on to university I was frantically doing my best every day.
The ん negative form of a verb is formed by taking the negative stem and adding ん instead of ない, except for する which is irregular:
VerbNegativeん negative
言う言わない言わん
生きる生きない生きん
するしないせん
The ん here is actually a contraction of an archaic auxiliary verb む.
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More information / references

  • http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/5396/is-there-a-difference-between-んがため-and-ために ⇗
  • http://forum.jisho.org/discussion/comment/5041/#Comment_5041 ⇗
  • http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=sengatame ⇗

Words used in this grammar

む
interjection (kandoushi)
1. unh (sound of physical exertion); oof  (archaic)
2. wow; whoa
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Kanji used in this grammar

言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
頃
ころ time   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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進
シン   すすむ to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
必
ヒツ   かならず certainly, invariably   
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死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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