I Love Kanji留守番 (rusuban)
留守番 (るすばん, rusuban) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “care-taking; house-sitting”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- るすばん
- Romaji
- rusuban
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- caretaker; house-sitter · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 留守番
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 留守番する | るすばんする rusubansuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 留守番します | るすばんします rusubanshimasu |
| Negative | 留守番しない | るすばんしない rusubanshinai |
| Polite negative | 留守番しません | るすばんしません rusubanshimasen |
| Past | 留守番した | るすばんした rusubanshita |
| Polite past | 留守番しました | るすばんしました rusubanshimashita |
| Negative past | 留守番しなかった | るすばんしなかった rusubanshinakatta |
| Te-form | 留守番して | るすばんして rusubanshite |
| Potential | 留守番できる | るすばんできる rusubandekiru |
| Passive | 留守番される | るすばんされる rusubansareru |
| Causative | 留守番させる | るすばんさせる rusubansaseru |
| Volitional | 留守番しよう | るすばんしよう rusubanshiyou |
| Imperative | 留守番しろ | るすばんしろ rusubanshiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 留守番すれば | るすばんすれば rusubansureba |
Kanji in 留守番
留
detain, fasten, haltリュウ・ル・と.める・と.まる · 10 strokes守
guard, protect, defendシュ・ス・まも.る・まも.り · 6 strokes番
turn, number in a seriesバン・つが.い · 12 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 留守番.
留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student留守るすabsence留学りゅうがくstudying abroad停留所ていりゅうじょstop (bus, tram, etc.)留めるとめるto stop書留かきとめregistered mail留まるとどまるto remain留まるとまるto stop (moving)守るまもるto protect守備しゅびdefense守衛しゅえい(security) guard保守ほしゅmaintenance番ばんnumber (in a series)一番いちばんnumber one
Source: JMdict entry 1552800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.