「学生生活を楽しむため」とは、旅行や遊び、クラブ活動など、生活を楽しむお金を稼ぐためという意味だ。


「学生生活を楽しむため」とは、旅行や遊び、クラブ活動など、生活を楽しむお金を稼ぐためという意味だ。

I know there are 2 main uses of ために 1 - 原因 2 - 目的

Since the above statement 稼ぐ is attached to the ため would the correct use of
the statement be 1? The main cause, origin, source of making a living /
working, I use it to enjoy student life.

Is that a correct assessment of the situation at hand?




If I have to choose between 原因 and 目的, I wouldn't choose 原因. 原因 indicates the
cause of something. The _objective_ is to **earn** money. So, as an
_objective_ I would say 目的.

I would translate this お金を稼ぐため as _**in order** to earn some money_. Likewise,
学生生活を楽しむため as _**in order** to enjoy life as a student_.

クラブ活動 here refers to activity in a school club. This is not _going to the
bars/clubs_.

> 「学生生活を楽しむため」とは、旅行や遊び、クラブ活動など、生活を楽しむお金を稼ぐためという意味だ。

The basic sentence pattern here is

> A とは B という意味だ。

> To say _A_ means _B_

This sentence has already been lifted from a larger context. There seems to be
a question about what 学生生活 refers to. The speaker clarifies that 学生生活 covers
things like _trips, hanging out, activities in clubs, etc_.

Sometimes it strikes me that you're applying English word order to Japanese
and that will definitely wind up with some confusion for you.

Part _B_ here is

> 旅行や遊び、クラブ活動など、生活を楽しむお金を稼ぐため

You start translating this as "In order to make money for..." but then jump to
part _A_ of the sentence before completing part _B_. You need to complete _B_
that right there and the completion is

> In order to make money for travel, hanging out, club activities, etc"

That is the _B_ portion of the sentence.

The _A_ portion just says

> 学生生活を楽しむため

which we can render in English as

> In order to enjoy life as a student

I would also advise you to try to stick to as close a literal translation as
you can while you're trying to master Japanese. You translated portion _A_ as

> in order to to have a great students life

which is decent colloquial English, but it's deviating too far from the
Japanese.

So, here are my two suggestions for you as you're learning Japanese

  1. Be mindful of Japanese word order
  2. Stick to as literal a translation as possible--this will help you better to master the underlying grammar which initially can be tricky if you're thinking in English (or another language with a very different word order for sentences).




If I have to choose between 原因 and 目的, I wouldn't choose 原因. 原因 indicates the
cause of something. The _objective_ is to **earn** money. So, as an
_objective_ I would say 目的.

I would translate this お金を稼ぐため as _**in order** to earn some money_. Likewise,
学生生活を楽しむため as _**in order** to enjoy life as a student_.

クラブ活動 here refers to activity in a school club. This is not _going to the
bars/clubs_.

> 「学生生活を楽しむため」とは、旅行や遊び、クラブ活動など、生活を楽しむお金を稼ぐためという意味だ。

The basic sentence pattern here is

> A とは B という意味だ。

> To say _A_ means _B_

This sentence has already been lifted from a larger context. There seems to be
a question about what 学生生活 refers to. The speaker clarifies that 学生生活 covers
things like _trips, hanging out, activities in clubs, etc_.

Sometimes it strikes me that you're applying English word order to Japanese
and that will definitely wind up with some confusion for you.

Part _B_ here is

> 旅行や遊び、クラブ活動など、生活を楽しむお金を稼ぐため

You start translating this as "In order to make money for..." but then jump to
part _A_ of the sentence before completing part _B_. You need to complete _B_
that right there and the completion is

> In order to make money for travel, hanging out, club activities, etc"

That is the _B_ portion of the sentence.

The _A_ portion just says

> 学生生活を楽しむため

which we can render in English as

> In order to enjoy life as a student

I would also advise you to try to stick to as close a literal translation as
you can while you're trying to master Japanese. You translated portion _A_ as

> in order to to have a great students life

which is decent colloquial English, but it's deviating too far from the
Japanese.

So, here are my two suggestions for you as you're learning Japanese

  1. Be mindful of Japanese word order
  2. Stick to as literal a translation as possible--this will help you better to master the underlying grammar which initially can be tricky if you're thinking in English (or another language with a very different word order for sentences).

