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pretending to be out

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

during absence from home

(in) one's absence

(in) one's absence

house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)

house where the family is out

unattended (video, audio) recording

family members left at home

absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)