掴つかませる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

let someone hold; make someone grasp

Literal causative: to cause someone to take hold of something physically. Often used when handing an object to someone.

• 子こ供どもにハンドルを掴つかませて、自じ転てん車しゃの練れん習しゅうをした。

  I let the child hold the handlebars and practiced riding a bicycle.

• 彼かれは私わたしに重おもい荷に物もつを掴つかませた。

  He made me grasp the heavy luggage.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

bribe; slip money to; pay off

Figurative causative: to make someone hold money, i.e., to bribe or give money under the table. Often used with 金 (money) as the object.

• 役やく人にんに金かねを掴つかませて、許きょ可かをもらった。

  He bribed the official and got the permit.

• あの政せい治じ家かは業ぎょう者しゃから大たい金きんを掴つかませてもらったらしい。

  That politician seems to have been slipped a large sum of money by a contractor.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pass off; foist on; palm off

To make someone accept or take something undesirable, often by deception. The object is typically a fake, defective, or unwanted item.

• 彼かれは偽にせ物もののブランド品ひんを私わたしに掴つかませようとした。

  He tried to palm off a fake brand item on me.

• 不ふ良りょう品ひんを客きゃくに掴つかませるなんて許ゆるせない。

  It's unforgivable to foist defective products on customers.