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I am having trouble with the following sentence [from this article about
toilets](https://newsinslowjapanese.com/2020/09/15/nisj-361-tokyos-newest-
landmark-the-transparent-toilet/) translated as "a thing that makes the sound
of running water to avoid making an unpleasant noise"

> 不快な音をたてない **ために** 、水 **の** 流れる音 **を** 出すもの

I learned [about the use of
ために](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/23052/whats-the-difference-
between-%e3%81%9f%e3%82%81%e3%81%ab-%e3%81%9f%e3%82%81-%e3%82%88%e3%81%86%e3%81%ab-
and-%e3%81%ae%e3%81%ab-meaning-in-order-to) and [its
nuances](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/74938/nuanced-meaning-
of-%e3%81%9f%e3%82%81) and how の connects two nouns VS を who connects noun and
verb but it seems i'm not yet comfortable with it :)

So my questions are :

  1. Is ために used as _because of_ or as _in order to_ ? I would suppose _in order to_ but i thought it would work like _A ために B_ to say _to do B in order to achieve A_ whereas here ために comes after 不快な音.
  2. How does 水 **の** 流れる音 **を** 出すもの work ? I understand we "first" use を to connect the verb 流れる and the noun 出すもの and "then" connect the noun/phrase and 水 using の. Am i right ?
  3. What about 流れる音 ? Is this considered a verb (~ "make the sound of something flawing") or a noun (~ "the sound of something flawing") ?
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How to parse 不快な音をたてないために、水の流れる音を出すもの?
ために means in order to and your understanding is correct, A ために B means to do B
to achieve A, as in "make a sound of running water to achieve the result of
not making other unpleasant sounds".

水の流れる音 is a noun. The 音 is the most important thing here and is expanded
subsequently by 流れる and 水の as in the sound of running water. I believe you
could also say 水が流れる音 to the same effect.
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