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
(in) one's absence
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
pretending to be out
to take charge during someone's absence
house where the family is out
to fail to be attentive to
unattended (video, audio) recording
(in) one's absence
to take charge during someone's absence
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
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.