Grammar › N3 · 09 Passive, causative & quoting
〜(さ)せてください: please let me
N3 · 09 Passive, causative & quoting
Politely asks for permission to do something yourself.
Verb causative te-form + ください. 見せてください, 使わせてください. Stronger request: 〜(さ)せていただけませんか (humble). It means "let me" so the speaker is the doer.
Examples
その仕事を、ぜひ私にやらせてください。
Please let me do that job.
ちょっと考えさせてください。
Please let me think about it for a moment.