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A3 Noun, する-verb, Transitive verb

使役(しえき)setting (someone) to work, employment, using, causative (verb, etc.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, する-verb, Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        setting (someone) to work, employment, using

    2. Noun

      1. 2.

        causative

        Grammar

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    使役 【しえき】

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    • その経営者(けいえいしゃ)従業員(じゅうぎょういん)乱暴(らんぼう)使役(しえき)します。

      The manager employs the employees violently.

    • 文語(ぶんご)の「す」「さす」「しむ」は使役(しえき)助動詞(じょどうし)だ。

      "Su," "sasu," and "shimu" in classical Japanese are auxiliary verbs of causative.

    • 労働者(ろうどうしゃ)使役(しえき)する立場(たちば)になり、(かれ)(すこ)傲慢(ごうまん)になった。

      Having taken on the position of employing workers, he became somewhat arrogant.

    • 牛馬(ぎゅうば)(ごと)(かれ)らを使役(しえき)したのなら、(かれ)らから(にく)まれるのも当然(とうぜん)です。

      If you worked them like cattle and horses, it is only natural that they would hate you.

    • 文法(ぶんぽう)で、ある行為(こうい)他人(たにん)(おこな)わせることを(あらわ)()(かた)使役(しえき)()います。

      In grammar, the way of expressing making someone perform an action is called causative.

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