留守番

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
留 守 番
る
Grade: 5 		す
Grade: 3 		ばん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

留(る)守(す) (rusu, “absence”) + 番(ばん) (ban, “watch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

留(る)守(す)番(ばん) • (rusuban) 

  1. taking care of something while the owner is absent
  2. a caretaker

Derived terms

Verb

留(る)守(す)番(ばん)する • (rusuban suru) suru (stem 留(る)守(す)番(ばん)し (rusuban shi), past 留(る)守(す)番(ばん)した (rusuban shita))

  1. to take care of something while the owner is away

Conjugation

Conjugation of "留守番する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 留守番し るすばんし rusuban shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 留守番し るすばんし rusuban shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 留守番する るすばんする rusuban suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 留守番する るすばんする rusuban suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 留守番すれ るすばんすれ rusuban sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 留守番せよ¹
留守番しろ² 		るすばんせよ¹
るすばんしろ² 		rusuban seyo¹
rusuban shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 留守番される るすばんされる rusuban sareru
Causative 留守番させる
留守番さす 		るすばんさせる
るすばんさす 		rusuban saseru
rusuban sasu
Potential 留守番できる るすばんできる rusuban dekiru
Volitional 留守番しよう るすばんしよう rusuban shiyō
Negative 留守番しない るすばんしない rusuban shinai
Negative continuative 留守番せず るすばんせず rusuban sezu
Formal 留守番します るすばんします rusuban shimasu
Perfective 留守番した るすばんした rusuban shita
Conjunctive 留守番して るすばんして rusuban shite
Hypothetical conditional 留守番すれば るすばんすれば rusuban sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “留守番Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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