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許す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	許ゆるす	許ゆるさない
Polite	許ゆるします	許ゆるしません
Past polite	許ゆるしました	許ゆるしませんでした
Past	許ゆるした	許ゆるさなかった
Te-form	許ゆるして	許ゆるさないで
Desire	許ゆるしたい	許ゆるしたくない
Potential	許ゆるせる	許ゆるせない
Passive	許ゆるされる	許ゆるされない
Causative	許ゆるさせる	許ゆるさせない
Causative passive	許ゆるさせられる	許ゆるさせられない
Volitional	許ゆるそう
Polite volitional	許ゆるしましょう
Imperative	許ゆるせ	許ゆるすな
Conditional	許ゆるせば	許ゆるさなければ
Tara conditional	許ゆるしたら	許ゆるさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

permit; allow; approve

Used when a person or authority allows an action, request, or situation. The object is often an action noun such as 外出, 使用, 入場, or 撮影.

先せん生せいは早そう退たいを許ゆるした。
The teacher allowed the student to leave early.
この建たて物ものでは写しゃ真しん撮さつ影えいを許ゆるしていない。
Photography is not allowed in this building.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

forgive; pardon; excuse; tolerate

Covers forgiving a person, pardoning an offense, excusing a fault, or tolerating behavior. 赦す may appear for solemn or religious/legal pardon, but 許す is the normal broad spelling.

彼かれの失しつ礼れいな態たい度どを許ゆるすことはできない。
I cannot forgive his rude attitude.
どうか私わたしのわがままを許ゆるしてください。
Please forgive me for being selfish.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

exempt from; remit; release from; let off

A limited formal or old-fashioned use for remitting a punishment, debt, duty, or similar burden. In modern everyday Japanese, 免じる or 免除する is often more natural for this idea.

硬かたい文ぶん章しょうでは、「刑けいを許ゆるす」が刑けい罰ばつを免めんじる意い味みで使つかわれることがある。
In formal writing, 刑を許す may be used to mean remitting a punishment.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

acknowledge; admit; recognize

Most familiar in the set expression 自他ともに許す, meaning that both the person and others acknowledge something as true or outstanding.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に〈事こと〉を許ゆるすto permit someone to do something
先せん生せいは生せい徒とに外がい出しゅつを許ゆるした。
The teacher allowed the student to go out.
〈人ひと〉の罪つみを許ゆるすto forgive someone's sin or crime
神かみは人ひと々びとの罪つみを許ゆるした。
God forgave people's sins.
〈相あい手て〉に得とく点てんを許ゆるすto concede a score to an opponent
後こう半はんに相あい手てチームに得とく点てんを許ゆるした。
They conceded a score to the opposing team in the second half.
〈場ば所しょ〉への入にゅう場じょうを許ゆるすto permit entry into a place
関かん係けい者しゃ以い外がいの入にゅう場じょうは許ゆるされなかった。
Entry was not permitted to anyone other than authorized personnel.

Expressions· 11

心こころを許ゆるすtrust; let one's guard down
体からだを許ゆるすgive oneself to someone; surrender one's body
気きを許ゆるすlet one's guard down; drop one's guard; be off one's guard
肌はだを許ゆるすsurrender one's chastity to a man; give oneself to a man
許ゆるすまじunforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable

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結けっ婚こんを許ゆるすgive permission to marry
許ゆるしを請こうbeg forgiveness; ask for pardon; ask for permission
過か失しつを許ゆるすforgive a mistake; pardon an error

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Kanji

許permit, approve
赦pardon, forgiveness

Related words· 6

許きょ可かN4sense 1
許可する is a more explicit, administrative way to say 'grant permission,' while 許す is broader and also covers forgiving, trusting, and conceding.
認みとめるN3sense 1
認める means to recognize, admit, or approve something, overlapping with 許す's permission and acknowledgment senses, but 認める does not mean to forgive.
免めんじる sense 3
免じる is the clearer modern verb for exempting someone from a duty or remitting a penalty, corresponding to 許す's rarer, more formal remission sense.
見み逃のがすN2sense 2
見逃す means to overlook a minor fault without comment, whereas 許す implies actually forgiving or releasing resentment toward the person.

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大おお目めに見みるN1
許す means to forgive or fully pardon a fault, while 大目に見る is milder, just choosing not to criticize or punish it.
容よう赦しゃN1
許す is a common everyday verb for forgiving or permitting, while 容赦 is more formal and noun-based, often used for excusing faults or minor troubles.

Opposites

禁きんじるN1
許す means to permit or allow, the opposite of 禁じる which means to forbid.
禁きんずるN1
許す means to allow or permit, the direct opposite of 禁ずる's meaning of forbidding.
罰ばっするN3
許す means to forgive or let an offense go unpunished, contrasting with 罰する, which imposes a penalty for it.

Don't confuse with

許ゆるし
許す is the verb 'to forgive/permit', while 許し is the noun form referring to the act or state of forgiveness or permission.

Word family

許ゆるし
pardon; forgiveness; permission; exemption
奥おく許ゆるし
secret teachings; initiation; diploma
許ゆるし色いろ
permitted color (for courtiers' clothing)
差さし許ゆるす
allow; permit; forgive
許ゆるしがたい
hard to forgive; unforgivable; inexcusable

Written forms

許ゆるすUsage94%
Standard common spelling covering permission, forgiveness, acknowledgment, trust, and competitive uses.
ゆるすUsage5%
赦ゆるすUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Attested but marked search-only; associated especially with pardon, forgiveness, or remission in senses 2 and 3, and less common than 許す in ordinary writing.

Etymology

A native Japanese verb written conventionally with 許 for permission and broad allowance. 赦 is associated with pardon or forgiveness, while 聴す is a rare attested spelling; the precise historical derivation is not specified.