stacked auxiliaries (causative + benefactive + volitional)

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Japanese auxiliaries can stack in fixed orders to encode complex meanings: causative (~せる) + benefactive (~てくれる) + volitional (~よう) = 'try to let me X.' The stacking lets fine-grained meaning surface — letting, favoring, attempting, refusing — that English typically expresses with separate clauses or modal verbs.

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