Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 75. 使役受身 (Causative passive)

04/12/2020Updated 06/09/20211 min read

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Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 75. 使役受身 (Causative passive)
Here is Japanese N4 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 textbook.

使役受身 (Causative passive)

1. Meaning 1: An action done not by your own choice but because someone else forces or compels you to do it.

子供のころ、母にきらいな野菜を食べさせられた。
Kodomo no koro, haha ni kiraina yasai o tabe sase rareta.
When I was little, my mother made me eat vegetables I did not like.

上手に発音できるようになるまで、先生に何度も練習させられた。
Jōzu ni hatsuon dekiru yō ni naru made, sensei ni nando mo renshū sa se rareta.
My teacher made me practise my pronunciation over and over until I got it right.

学生時代、本を読むのは好きだったが、感想文を書かされるのはいやだった。
Gakusei jidai, hon o yomu no wa sukidatta ga, kansō bun o kaka sa reru no wa iyadatta.
At school I loved reading books but did not like being made to write essays about my impressions.

お酒があまり飲めないのに、先輩に飲まされてしまった。
O sake ga amari nomenai no ni, senpai ni nomasa rete shimatta.
I cannot drink much alcohol, but my seniors still made me drink.

バスが予定の時刻に来なかったため、バス停で20 分も待たされました。
Basu ga yotei no jikoku ni konakatta tame, basutei de 20-bu mo matasa remashita.
The bus did not come on schedule, so I was made to wait 20 minutes at the bus stop.

2. Meaning 2: A person’s feelings being affected by someone else’s behaviour or actions.
子供のころ、よく姉に泣かされました。
When I was small my elder sister often made me cry.

この子はいい子で、心配させられることはほとんどなかった。
This child is very good and almost never makes me worry.

この本を読んで、いろいろなことを考えさせられた。
(⇐この本は私にいろいろなことを考えさせた。)
After reading this book, there were many things that made me think. (⇐ This book made me think a lot)

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