居留守を使う

いるすをつかう

to pretend to be out

留守

るす

absence, being away from home

留守番

るすばん

care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching, staying at home

居留守

いるす

pretending to be out

留守電

るすでん

answering machine, answerphone

留守録

るすろく

unattended (video, audio) recording

留守居

るすい

caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo era)

留守中

るすちゅう

during absence from home

留守宅

るすたく

house where the family is out

留守を預かる

るすをあずかる

to take charge during someone's absence

留守の間

るすのあいだ るすのま

(in) one's absence

神の留守

かみのるす

absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)

留守家族

るすかぞく

family members left at home

守護天使

しゅごてんし

guardian angel

気を使う

きをつかう

to pay attention to another's needs, to attend to, to fuss about, to take into consideration

空を使う

そらをつかう

to pretend not to know; to feign ignorance

湯を使う

ゆをつかう

to take a hot bath

人を使う

ひとをつかう

to take a person in one's service, to employ

術を使う

じゅつをつかう

to practice magic, to practise magic