くれる (benefactive inward, 'give to in-group')

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The benefactive verb くれる, marking a gift or favor given toward the speaker or the speaker's in-group. Used both as a main verb ('someone gave X to me') and as an auxiliary with ~てくれる ('someone did X for me'). The choice of くれる over あげる encodes the speaker's perspective.

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