許可します（きょかします、kyokashimasu）
- to permit

The Japanese word 許可します, pronounced きょかします, means "to permit," "to allow," or "to grant permission." It indicates that someone is giving their approval for something to happen. This word is a formal and polite way of expressing permission. It implies that the speaker has the authority or ability to give such permission. It is a more formal and less casual version of other ways to give permission.

⚫︎試験を 許可します Translation: I will allow the examination. ⚫︎入室を 許可します Translation: I will allow entry. ⚫︎写真撮影を 許可します Translation: I will allow photography.

⚫︎You would use 許可します in formal situations. ⚫︎It is common in business, official documents, or when speaking to someone of higher status. ⚫︎It is generally used by someone in a position of authority. ⚫︎You can use it to give permission to do something, use something, or to access something. ⚫︎When used, the thing that is being permitted is usually followed by the particle を.

⚫︎The word is written in kanji as 許可します. ⚫︎The reading in hiragana is きょかします. ⚫︎The verb stem 許可 can be modified using other particles, like に for the direct object of the action. ⚫︎The okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) is します.

⚫︎認める (みとめる): To approve; to recognize. ⚫︎許す (ゆるす): To forgive, to permit, to allow. (Less formal) ⚫︎承認する (しょうにんする): To approve, to authorize (more formal).

⚫︎拒否する (きょひする): To refuse, to reject. ⚫︎禁止する (きんしする): To prohibit, to forbid.

会議への参加を許可します。 ・Translation: I will allow participation in the meeting. ・Explanation: This sentence indicates that the speaker, presumably someone in authority, is granting permission for someone to attend the meeting.

この書類のコピーを許可します。 ・Translation: I will allow a copy of this document. ・Explanation: The speaker is giving permission for someone to make a copy of the document.

The word 許可 itself is a compound word: 許 (kyo) comes from the kanji meaning "to permit" or "to allow," and 可 (ka) meaning "possible" or "acceptable." When adding します, it changes the word to the polite form. Therefore, 許可します is a combination of these two elements, literally meaning something along the lines of "to make possible to allow."