居留守

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
居 留 守
い
Grade: 5 		る
Grade: 5 		す
Grade: 3
kun'yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of 居 (i, “being (in a place)”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 居(い)る (iru, “to be (in a place)”), said of animate subjects) +‎ 留守 (rusu, “absence (from home)”).[1][2][3][4][5]

First attested in a text from 1896.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

居(い)留(る)守(す) • (irusu) ←ゐるす (wirusu)?

  1. a pretend absence from home

Usage notes

When used in a verb phrase, takes the verb 使う (tsukau, “to use”) rather than する (suru, “to do”).

  • 居留守(いるす)を使(つか)って電話(でんわ)に出(で)ない
    irusu o tsukatte denwa ni denai
    using a pretend absence and not getting on the phone → to fake being away and not pick up the phone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “居留守”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “居留守”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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