causative form (~せる/~させる)

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215 sentences

The causative auxiliary ~せる / ~させる, attached to a verb to mean 'make someone do X' or 'let someone do X.' Godan verbs take ~せる (飲ませる, 書かせる, なびかせる); ichidan verbs and 来る/する take ~させる (食べさせる, 来させる, させる). The coercive 'make' vs permissive 'let' reading depends on context. Combines with other auxiliaries: 食べさせたい (want to make X eat), 行かせてくれた (let X go).

215 sentences

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When the popping of fireworks stops, everything suddenly goes quiet. The lingering smell of gunpowder somehow made me feel sentimental.

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That guy's a crafty old hand too, so even if you make him negotiate, he'll be a pretty tough opponent.

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My daughter clung to my sleeve, trying to stop me from going.

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Let sleeping dogs lie.

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I tried all sorts of things — mixing yellow powder with white to make brown, mixing crystals with powder to make dust, combining liquids with solids to make mud, and so on.

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If I were doing it, I'd bring a soup plate, carefully slide the glass to the edge of the table, and pour the water into the soup plate. The water wouldn't spill on the floor.

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The gang boss made all his members follow the rules and kept them under his grip through fear.

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She stood on the deck with her long hair streaming in the wind.

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It looks like she's hiding something to surprise me with.

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She completely tricked me into believing the story.

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She refused to let me read the letter.

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She didn't want to go, but her father forced her to.

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Her eyes shone with happiness.

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Her heart pounding, she read the letter.

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What satisfies your aesthetic sense?

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Is it really not okay to just let a baby cry?

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It's okay to let the baby cry sometimes.

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Then in that case, why did they enthrone the likes of the Owl King?

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You know, your talent for making people angry is second to none.

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I've got a boyfriend I've been with since high school, but I feel like the relationship has become routine, and my dissatisfaction is growing.

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Her eyes lit up at a single hint, and the girl set her cute cat-shaped mechanical pencil flying across the notebook.

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I'll feed you, so… here, open wide.

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He swept his brush quickly across the canvas.

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Where in Japan is there a school that makes kids do army crawls in gym class?

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The government appears to be desperate to silence the organizations that have been working to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Sudan.

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At home, because of the reddish hair and freckles, Mother contemptuously named the child 'Carrot' and makes everyone call them that too.

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Everyone, I'll be backing you up with everything I've got too. We're absolutely going to make this event a success.

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If it gets out that I bought that uniform to make my ex-girlfriend do fake-schoolgirl roleplay...

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Love is a jealous thing that turns healthy eyes cross-eyed.

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You can start loving freely, but ending a love is a different matter.