being away from home

Kanji in this word

• 留 detain, stop
• 守 protect

Example sentences

• 母ははは留守るすです。

  Haha wa rusu desu.

  My mother isn't at home.

• 留守番るすばんしててね。

  Rusuban shi te te ne.

  Look after the place while we're out, OK?

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 留学生 international student
• 書き留める to write down, to note
• 留める to fix, to keep
• 守る to protect, to keep