留守番
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 留 | 守 | 番 |
| る Grade: 5 | す Grade: 3 | ばん Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | ||
Etymology
留守 (rusu, “absence”) + 番 (ban, “watch”)
Noun
留守番 (hiragana るすばん, rōmaji rusuban)
- taking care of something while the owner is absent
- a caretaker
Compounds
- 留守番電話 (rusubandenwa, “answering machine”)
Verb
留守番する (hiragana るすばんする, rōmaji rusuban suru)
- to take care of something while the owner is away
Conjugation
Conjugation of "留守番する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 留守番し | るすばんし | rusuban shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 留守番し | るすばんし | rusuban shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 留守番する | るすばんする | rusuban suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 留守番する | るすばんする | rusuban suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 留守番すれ | るすばんすれ | rusuban sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 | ||||