The use of causative + には in this sentence


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Upon asking the group if they had a bad experience in the village, they deny
and she says this.

I understand the first sentence is akin "Starting with the royal family, the
village is quite exclusionary.

However I'm stumbled on the meaning of the sentence part. Is she say she
made... them feel shame?




So you seem to understand [肩身が狭い](https://jisho.org/search/%E8%82%A9%E8%BA%AB)
is an idiom. Apart from this, the remaining part of the sentence is a simple
causative expression. に marks the causee, and は is a topic marker. Also note
that [～思いをする](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/78115/5010) is another set
phrase.

> そなたらには肩身の狭い思いをさせる。
>
> We will make you have a feeling of "肩身が狭い" (and I feel sorry about it).

Although not explicitly stated, a sense of apology is usually implied in a
sentence said by a noble person like this.

One definition of 肩身が狭い is "feeling ashamed", but it's broadly used to
describe any situation that makes you feel as if you can't hold your head up
high in society. In this case, the visitors (そなたら) might not have done
anything shameful in particular, but the exclusive atmosphere of the village
makes them feel somewhat _constrained_ or _unwelcome_ , and that's what 肩身が狭い
is referring to.




So you seem to understand [肩身が狭い](https://jisho.org/search/%E8%82%A9%E8%BA%AB)
is an idiom. Apart from this, the remaining part of the sentence is a simple
causative expression. に marks the causee, and は is a topic marker. Also note
that [～思いをする](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/78115/5010) is another set
phrase.

> そなたらには肩身の狭い思いをさせる。
>
> We will make you have a feeling of "肩身が狭い" (and I feel sorry about it).

Although not explicitly stated, a sense of apology is usually implied in a
sentence said by a noble person like this.

One definition of 肩身が狭い is "feeling ashamed", but it's broadly used to
describe any situation that makes you feel as if you can't hold your head up
high in society. In this case, the visitors (そなたら) might not have done
anything shameful in particular, but the exclusive atmosphere of the village
makes them feel somewhat _constrained_ or _unwelcome_ , and that's what 肩身が狭い
is referring to.

