させられる(Causative-Passive) — Forced to Do

• 子供の頃、毎日野菜を食べさせられた。

  Kodomo no koro, mainichi yasai o tabesaserareta.

  When I was a child, I was forced to eat vegetables every day.

  食べる → 食べさせる (make eat) → 食べさせられる (be made to eat)

• 先輩に一時間も待たされた。

  Senpai ni ichijikan mo matasareta.

  I was made to wait a whole hour by my senior.

  待つ → 待たせる (causative) → 待たせられる → 待たされる (u-verb short form)

• つまらない映画を見させられた。

  Tsumaranai eiga o misaserareta.

  I was forced to watch a boring movie.

  見る → 見させる → 見させられる

• ・Victim subject: Because the core is passive, YOU are the affected party and take は/が (私は); the person who forced you takes に (母に).
• ・Emphasizes unwillingness: This form signals you disliked the action. If you were happy to do it, use てもらう instead.
• ・U-verb short form: 待たせられる naturally contracts to 待たされる. Note: this short form is avoided for verbs whose stem already ends in さ (e.g. 話す stays 話させられる, not 話さされる).

Commonly confused with

The JLPT rarely asks whether you recognise a pattern — it asks which of several similar patterns fits. These are the ones させられる is tested against.

• Potential Form — Can / Be Able To (Verbs)
• がる／がっている — Describing Others' Feelings
• 〜出す (だす) — Abrupt Eruptions
• 〜始める (はじめる) — Intentional Beginnings
• 意向形 (いこうけい) — Volitional Form (Let's / I'll)
• くする / にする — Make something become (a quality)
• ながら — While doing (simultaneous actions, same subject)
• ないで — Without doing / Instead of doing