誰たがために

adverb

for whom

Archaic literary expression meaning 'for whom'. In modern Japanese, it is mostly encountered in titles, poetry, or fixed phrases, such as the famous novel title 誰がために鐘は鳴る (For Whom the Bell Tolls).

• 「誰たがために鐘かねは鳴なる」はヘミングウェイの小しょう説せつの題だい名めいだ。

  'For Whom the Bell Tolls' is the title of a Hemingway novel.

• この歌うたは、誰たがために歌うたわれているのだろうか。

  For whom is this song being sung, I wonder?