留守

るす

absence, being away from home

居留守

いるす

pretending to be out

留守録

るすろく

unattended (video, audio) recording

留守電

るすでん

answering machine, answerphone

留守番

るすばん

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

留守宅

るすたく

house where the family is out

留守居

るすい

caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo era)

留守の間

るすのあいだ るすのま

(in) one's absence

留守家族

るすかぞく

family members left at home

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)

留守を使う

るすをつかう

to pretend to not be home, to pretend to be out

留守番電話

るすばんでんわ

answering machine, answer phone

お留守になる

おるすになる

to fail to be attentive to

居留守を使う

いるすをつかう

to pretend to be out

留守を預かる

るすをあずかる

to take charge during someone's absence

守

かみ もり

director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)

中国残留孤児

ちゅうごくざんりゅうこじ

Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China

留

ruble (Russian currency); rouble

木守

こもり

person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden)