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
Kanji used
hold in place
protect
Pitch accent
Top 4800
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
during absence from home
(in) one's absence
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.