I Love Kanji留守 (rusu)
留守 (るす, rusu) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “absence; being away from home”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- るす
- Romaji
- rusu
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- absence; being away from home · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive, noun taking の
- house-sitting; house-sitter · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
- neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended · noun · usu. as お留守になる
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 留守
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 留守する | るすする rususuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 留守します | るすします rusushimasu |
| Negative | 留守しない | るすしない rusushinai |
| Polite negative | 留守しません | るすしません rusushimasen |
| Past | 留守した | るすした rusushita |
| Polite past | 留守しました | るすしました rusushimashita |
| Negative past | 留守しなかった | るすしなかった rusushinakatta |
| Te-form | 留守して | るすして rusushite |
| Potential | 留守できる | るすできる rusudekiru |
| Passive | 留守される | るすされる rususareru |
| Causative | 留守させる | るすさせる rususaseru |
| Volitional | 留守しよう | るすしよう rusushiyou |
| Imperative | 留守しろ | るすしろ rusushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 留守すれば | るすすれば rususureba |
Kanji in 留守
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 留守.
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Source: JMdict entry 1552760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.