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Grammar detail: 〜がため

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〜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

に

せんがために

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:

Verb	Negative	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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See also:

〜ために - in order to

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

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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

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必

ヒツかならず certainly, invariably

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死

シ death しぬ die

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