See させる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for させる meaning in Japanese (7.0kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "さす",
"tr": "sasu"
},
"expansion": "さす (sasu)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "下二段活用",
"t": "lower bigrade conjugation",
"tr": "shimo nidan katsuyō"
},
"expansion": "下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "させる"
},
"expansion": "させる",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "せる"
},
"expansion": "せる",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "食べる"
},
"expansion": "食べる",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "せる"
},
"expansion": "せる",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "食べさせる"
},
"expansion": "食べさせる",
"name": "lang"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Classical Japanese さす (sasu), which followed 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”).\nSome linguists suggest that させる is a variant of せる, where a reduplicative \"s\" is added to avoid vowel clusters. (e.g. 食べる + せる → *tabe- + *-ase- → *tabease- + *tabesase- → 食べさせる)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-saseru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "させ",
"roman": "-sase",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させた",
"roman": "-saseta",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-verbconj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "させ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sase",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sase",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させられる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "-saserareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "させられる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "させれる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "-saserareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasereru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "させよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseyō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "させない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させぬ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させん",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasenai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasenu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasezu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させます",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasemasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "させた",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseta",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "させて",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "させれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasereba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix",
"type": "2"
},
"expansion": "させる • (-saseru) ichidan (stem させ (-sase), past させた (-saseta))",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "64 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "62 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The teacher let the student answer the question.",
"roman": "Sensei ga gakusei ni mondai o kotaesaseta.",
"ruby": [
[
"先",
"せん"
],
[
"生",
"せい"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
],
[
"生",
"せい"
],
[
"問",
"もん"
],
[
"題",
"だい"
],
[
"答",
"こた"
]
],
"text": "先生が学生に問題を答えさせた。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Expresses causation: to make … do …"
],
"id": "en-させる-ja-suffix-nWSbqTSo",
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "-seru",
"word": "せる"
},
{
"roman": "-shimeru",
"word": "しめる"
},
{
"roman": "-shimu",
"word": "しむ"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "させる"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "saseru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"type": "2"
},
"expansion": "させる • (saseru)",
"name": "ja-verb form"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Let him do the job.",
"roman": "Kono shigoto wa kare ni saseyō.",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"事",
"ごと"
],
[
"彼",
"かれ"
]
],
"text": "この仕事は彼にさせよう。"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "suru, “to do”",
"word": "する"
}
],
"glosses": [
"causative of する (suru, “to do”)"
],
"id": "en-させる-ja-verb-kHug5XDq",
"links": [
[
"する",
"する#Japanese"
],
[
"do",
"do"
]
],
"tags": [
"causative",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"word": "させる"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese non-lemma forms",
"Japanese suffixes",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verb forms"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "さす",
"tr": "sasu"
},
"expansion": "さす (sasu)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "下二段活用",
"t": "lower bigrade conjugation",
"tr": "shimo nidan katsuyō"
},
"expansion": "下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "させる"
},
"expansion": "させる",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "せる"
},
"expansion": "せる",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "食べる"
},
"expansion": "食べる",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "せる"
},
"expansion": "せる",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "食べさせる"
},
"expansion": "食べさせる",
"name": "lang"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Classical Japanese さす (sasu), which followed 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”).\nSome linguists suggest that させる is a variant of せる, where a reduplicative \"s\" is added to avoid vowel clusters. (e.g. 食べる + せる → *tabe- + *-ase- → *tabease- + *tabesase- → 食べさせる)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-saseru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "させ",
"roman": "-sase",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させた",
"roman": "-saseta",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-verbconj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "させ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sase",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sase",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "させられる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "-saserareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "させられる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "させれる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "-saserareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasereru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "させよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseyō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "させない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させぬ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させん",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasenai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasenu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasezu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "させます",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasemasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "させた",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "-saseta",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "させて",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "させれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "-sasereba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix",
"type": "2"
},
"expansion": "させる • (-saseru) ichidan (stem させ (-sase), past させた (-saseta))",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"roman": "-seru",
"word": "せる"
},
{
"roman": "-shimeru",
"word": "しめる"
},
{
"roman": "-shimu",
"word": "しむ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The teacher let the student answer the question.",
"roman": "Sensei ga gakusei ni mondai o kotaesaseta.",
"ruby": [
[
"先",
"せん"
],
[
"生",
"せい"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
],
[
"生",
"せい"
],
[
"問",
"もん"
],
[
"題",
"だい"
],
[
"答",
"こた"
]
],
"text": "先生が学生に問題を答えさせた。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Expresses causation: to make … do …"
],
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "させる"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese non-lemma forms",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verb forms"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "saseru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"type": "2"
},
"expansion": "させる • (saseru)",
"name": "ja-verb form"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Let him do the job.",
"roman": "Kono shigoto wa kare ni saseyō.",
"ruby": [
[
"仕",
"し"
],
[
"事",
"ごと"
],
[
"彼",
"かれ"
]
],
"text": "この仕事は彼にさせよう。"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "suru, “to do”",
"word": "する"
}
],
"glosses": [
"causative of する (suru, “to do”)"
],
"links": [
[
"する",
"する#Japanese"
],
[
"do",
"do"
]
],
"tags": [
"causative",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"word": "させる"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.