Grammar › N4 · 02 Favors, passive & causative
〜(さ)せてください・〜(さ)せてもらう: please let me ...; be allowed to
N4 · 02 Favors, passive & causative
Asks for permission to do something, or says you were allowed to.
Causative te-form + ください/もらう/いただく: 使わせてください (let me use), 休ませてもらう (be allowed to rest). With する it is させてください. Asking permission to act yourself. 〜(さ)せていただく is the humbler business version.
Examples
すみません、少し休ませてください。
Excuse me, please let me rest for a little.
先生に頼んで、早く帰らせてもらいました。
I asked the teacher and was allowed to leave early.