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Examples

make someone do — the subject imposes the action through authority or instruction

監督かんとくは選手せんしゅたちを毎朝まいあさ走はしらせる。

kantoku wa senshutachi o maiasa hashiraseru.

The coach makes the players run every morning. neutral

お待またせして申もうし訳わけございません。

o matase shite moushiwake gozaimasen.

I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting. formal

let someone do — the subject permits, or simply doesn't stop, someone acting as they wish

好すきなだけ寝ねさせてあげなよ。

suki na dake nesasete agena yo.

Just let him sleep as much as he wants. casual

父ちちは私わたしに進路しんろを自由じゆうに決きめさせてくれた。

chichi wa watashi ni shinro o jiyuu ni kimesasete kureta.

My father let me decide my own path freely. neutral

Formation

Notes

Causee marking: を with intransitives (子どもを立たせる), に when the verb already has an を-object (子どもに本を読ませる). Permission usually rides a benefactive — させてあげる・させてくれる — rather than bare させる.

Related patterns

Similar

  • てもらう

    Permission from two seats — permissive させる grants the act from the granter's side, てもらう receives a favor from the receiver's side; させてもらう composes them into "get to do".

Lookalikes

  • させられる

    The same chain of coercion told from opposite ends — the causative seats the one applying pressure as subject (先生が生徒に書かせた), its passive させられる seats the one compelled and adds their reluctance (生徒は書かせられた); pick by whose side of the coercion the sentence tells.