What is the difference between 緩ませる and 緩める?
燎子の言葉に、折紙が拳をきゅっと握ってうなずいた。
燎子が表情を緩ませ、応ずるように首を前に倒す。
Hi. What is the difference between 燎子が表情を緩ませ and 燎子が表情を緩め?
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***「燎子が表情を緩ませる 」
燎子让表情“緩む”（自动词）
***「燎子が表情を緩める」
燎子“緩める”表情（他动词）
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That is せる, 使役. His action works for her to relax her facial expression. The action has motivated her to do so. Here you can use 使役. And she does 使役 for herself (her facial expression), not for other person.
緩める is not 使役, but a usual verb.
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