Illustration: At the entrance of a small Japanese house, a visitor carrying a food container waits after pressing the doorbell. The closed door remains unanswered, and no one is visible through the ground-floor window.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

留る守す

rusu

being away from home

Example sentences

  1. 父ちちは仕事しごとで留守るすです。

    My father is absent on business.

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  2. 母ははは留守るすです。

    Mother is away from home.

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  3. 兄あにはいま留守るすです。

    My brother is out.

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Kanji in 留守

  • 留detain; fastenOnリュウ・ルKunとめる・とまる・とどめる
  • 守guard; protectOnシュ・スKunまもる・まもり・もり

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