Topic N3
Japanese Learning
101. せてください : Please let me / Please allow me to.
✏️Structure
Verb stem + せてください💡Usage
Asking permission to do something. "Please let me...", "Please allow me to...".
📚Examples
明日はどうしても外せない用事があるので、申し訳ありませんが一日休ませてください。
Ashita wa doushitemo hazusenai youji ga aru node, moushiwake arimasen ga ichinichi yasumasete kudasai.
I have an unavoidable errand tomorrow, so I'm very sorry, but please let me take the day off.
ちょっとお腹の調子が悪くて気分が優れないので、今日は少し早く帰らせてください。
Chotto onaka no choushi ga warukute kibun ga sugurenai node, kyou wa sukoshi hayaku kaerasete kudasai.
Because my stomach condition is a little bad and I don't feel well, please let me go home a little early today.
その仕事は私が以前からずっとやりたかったことなので, ぜひ私に担当させてください。
Sono shigoto wa watashi ga izen kara zutto yaritakatta koto na node, zehi watashi ni tantou sasete kudasai.
Since that job is something I have always wanted to do for a long time, please by all means let me be in charge of it.
皆さんの前で発表するのは初めてで緊張しますが、少しだけ時間をいただいてお話しさせてください。
Minasan de mae de happyou suru no wa hajimete de kinchou shimasu ga, sukoshidake jikan wo itadaite ohanashi sasete kudasai.
It's my first time presenting in front of everyone and I'm nervous, but please spare a little time and let me speak.
とても素晴らしいアイディアだと思いますが、一度私のチームのみんなとも相談させてください。
Totemo subarashii aidia da to omoimasu ga, ichido watashi no chiimu no minna to mo soudan sasete kudasai.
I think it's a very wonderful idea, but please let me consult with everyone on my team once.
子供が急に熱を出してしまい、迎えに行かなければならないので午後から休ませてください。
Kodomo ga kyuu ni netsu wo dashite shimai, mukae ni ikanakereba naranai node gogo kara yasumasete kudasai.
My child suddenly got a fever and I have to go pick them up, so please let me take the afternoon off.
まだ詳しい資料を読んでいないので、結論を出す前にあと数日だけ考えさせてください。
Mada kuwashii shiryou wo yonde inai node, ketsuron wo dasu mae ni ato suujitsu dake kangaesasete kudasai.
Since I haven't read the detailed documents yet, before drawing a conclusion, please let me think about it for just a few more days.
重い荷物を持って階段を上がるのは大変でしょうから、よろしければ私に手伝わせてください。
Omoi nimotsu wo motte kaidan wo agaru no wa taihen deshou kara, yoroshikereba watashi ni tetsudawasete kudasai.
Climbing up the stairs carrying heavy luggage must be hard, so if it's alright with you, please let me help.
このプロジェクトの責任者として、今回の失敗について皆さんに詳しく説明させてください。
Kono purojekuto no sekininsha to shite, konkai no shippai ni tsuite minasan ni kuwashiku setsumei sasete kudasai.
As the person in charge of this project, please let me explain the details of this failure to everyone.
せっかく遠くから来ていただいたので、私たちの町の有名な観光地をいくつか案内させてください。
Sekkaku tooku kara kite itadaita node, watashitachi no machi no yuumei na kankouchi wo ikutsu ka annai sasete kudasai.
Since you have taken the trouble to come from far away, please let me guide you to several famous sightseeing spots in our town.