Meanings

1. expression, particleto; for; on; in; atemphasises word marked by に
2. expression, particlein order to; for
3. expression, particleas for; regardingindicates respect for subject of sentence
4. expression, particlewhile it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)as ＡにはＡが...; emphasizes the repeated word, followed by a contrasting statement

Examples

• 護教論には興味ないんだ。

  I'm not interested in apologetics.

• 肩慣らしには丁度いいかも。

  It could be just right for a warm up.

• １０年は待つには長い時間だ。

  Ten years is a long time to wait.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).