〜Vさせてください
- Pattern
- 〜Vさせてください
- Level
- N4
- Reading
- させてください
- Meaning
- Please let me do ~ (request permission)
- Attaches to
- Verb (causative te-form)
- Nuance & register
Formal, polite request for permission. Emphasizes the speaker's desire to perform an action and seeks the listener's consent.
- Example
もう少し考えさせてください。
- Easily confused with
「〜てもいいですか」 (asking if one is allowed to do something) vs. 「〜させてください」 (asking for permission to be allowed to do something, implies seeking someone else's approval).