居留守

いるす

pretending to be out

留守

るす

absence, being away from home

居留守を使う

いるすをつかう

to pretend to be out

居留

きょりゅう

residence, reside

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

留守中

るすちゅう

during absence from home

留守宅

るすたく

house where the family is out

居留区

きょりゅうく

population centre

居留民

きょりゅうみん

a resident

居留地

きょりゅうち

foreign settlement, concession

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

共同居留地

きょうどうきょりゅうち

jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement)

お留守になる

おるすになる

to fail to be attentive to