Meaning
A polite pattern used when the speaker asks for permission to do something personally.
Formation
- Causative せる in the て form + ください: 帰らせてください
- More polite: 帰らせていただけませんか
When to use it
- Core use
- Please let me do it
Examples
20 sentences-
それを私に見させてください
Please let me look at that.
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今日は少し早く帰らせてください
Please let me go home a little early today.
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その質問にはあとで答えさせてください
Please let me answer that question later.
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今回は私に最後まで説明させてください
Please let me explain everything to the end this time.
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この企画はぜひ一度試させてください
Please let me try this project at least once.
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練習した成果をみんなの前で発表させてください
Please let me present the results of my practice in front of everyone.
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ここで少し休ませてください
Please let me rest here for a moment.
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先に資料を確認させてください
Please let me check the materials first.
12 more examples
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その仕事を私に担当させてください
Please let me take charge of that work.
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今日は自宅から参加させてください
Please let me participate from home today.
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小さな荷物を運ばせてください
Please let me carry the small luggage.
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一つ質問させてください
Please let me ask one question.
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古い雑誌を捨てさせてください
Please let me throw away the old magazines.
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台所の窓を開けさせてください
Please let me open the kitchen window.
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旅行の写真を見させてください
Please let me look at the travel photos.
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少し考えさせてください
Please let me think about it a little.
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今日の昼ご飯は私に払わせてください
Please let me pay for lunch today.
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電話を一本かけさせてください
Please let me make one phone call.
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もう一度やらせてください
Please let me try once more.
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晩ご飯の準備をさせてください
Please let me prepare dinner.
Important notes
- The speaker asks permission for their own action: 私にも説明させてください.
Common mistakes
- 説明してください asks the listener to explain; 説明させてください asks to be allowed to explain.
Check yourself
Pick the translation of each sentence. The wrong options translate similar patterns, so watch the grammar rather than the words.
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