許す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to
2. v5svt
   to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate
3. v5svt
   to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off
4. v5svt
   to acknowledge; to admit
5. v5svt
   to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down
6. v5svt
   to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield

Example sentences

• 官軍に入城を許すとはどういう了見だ。

  What do you think you're doing letting the loyalists into the castle?

• なんとかそこで支えよ。入市を許すな。

  Hold them there! Don't let them into the city!

• サタンのこうした行いを神がなぜ許しているのか、その理由は聖書のヨブ記で説明されている。

  Why God allows these sorts of actions by Satan is explained in the Book of Job in the Bible.