Purpose (In Order To / So That)

5 related grammar points that express the same core idea - compared below so you can tell which one to reach for.

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ために / ように

The aim is something you cannot simply decide to do: hearing better, not forgetting, a door not closing.

vs : Use ように. It pairs with potential forms, negatives and verbs describing states, because the goal is a condition you hope holds. ために needs a deliberate act with the same subject, so 聞こえるために is wrong where 聞こえるように is right.

べく / んがために

Writing about a purpose pursued with unusual determination.

vs : んがために is the more emphatic and more archaic of the two, and it colours the purpose as single-minded, sometimes to a fault. べく is the neutral literary 'in order to' and is far commoner in ordinary formal prose.