JLPT N4 Elementary
働かせる
To make someone work, employ, or exercise a mental faculty.
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1 Ichidan Verb (Causative Form)
To make someone work / To employ
Describes the act of directing someone to perform labor or engaging them as an employee.
Example
社長 は 社員 を 夜遅く まで 働かせた 。
The company president made the employees work until late at night.
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2 Ichidan Verb (Causative Form)
To use / To exercise (a faculty)
Refers to putting mental faculties, intuition, or wisdom into active operation to solve a problem.
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