るす
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. absence; being away from home
Noun
Verb (する)
2. house-sitting; house-sitter
Noun
3. being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
usu. as お留守になる
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to fail to be attentive to
during absence from home
(in) one's absence
(in) one's absence
house where the family is out
to take charge during someone's absence
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
pretending to be out
unattended (video, audio) recording
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
family members left at home
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
Examples (20 in total)
Both the brothers were out.
He won't be away for long.
I'm sorry, but my mother is out at the moment.