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N2 — outside your level filter

そのため

そのためsono tameN2neutral

for that reason — the earlier sentence names this one's cause

大雪おおゆきの影響えいきょうで線路せんろの点検てんけんを行おこなっております。そのため、電車でんしゃに遅おくれが出でております。

ooyuki no eikyou de senro no tenken o okonatte orimasu. sono tame, densha ni okure ga dete orimasu.

We are inspecting the track owing to the heavy snow. Trains are therefore running late. formal

部品ぶひんの入荷にゅうかが遅おくれている。そのため、来月らいげつの生産せいさん計画けいかくを見直みなおすことになった。

buhin no nyuuka ga okurete iru. sono tame, raigetsu no seisan keikaku o minaosu koto ni natta.

Parts are arriving late. For that reason, next month's production plan is being revised. neutral

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for that reason; consequently — the situation just described caused what follows

  1. 大雪おおゆきの影響えいきょうで線路せんろの点検てんけんを行おこなっております。そのため、電車でんしゃに遅おくれが出でております。

    ooyuki no eikyou de senro no tenken o okonatte orimasu. sono tame, densha ni okure ga dete orimasu.

    We are inspecting the track owing to the heavy snow. Trains are therefore running late. formal

  2. 部品ぶひんの入荷にゅうかが遅おくれている。そのため、来月らいげつの生産せいさん計画けいかくを見直みなおすことになった。

    buhin no nyuuka ga okurete iru. sono tame, raigetsu no seisan keikaku o minaosu koto ni natta.

    Parts are arriving late. For that reason, next month's production plan is being revised. neutral

  3. 母ははは昔むかしから体からだが弱よわかった。そのため、家事かじはほとんど私わたしが引ひき受うけていた。

    haha wa mukashi kara karada ga yowakatta. sono tame, kaji wa hotondo watashi ga hikiukete ita.

    My mother was frail for as long as I can remember. Because of that, I took on nearly all the housework. neutral

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  • そのためにsonotamenialternant

    with に it can also be read as purpose — "for that purpose" (そのために貯金ちょきんしている) — so a cause sentence is safer without it.