留守番 – Vocabulary details

留る守す番ばん

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, intransitive)

1. care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home

お留る守す番ばんできますね？You can stay home alone, right?

Noun

2. caretaker; house-sitter

家いえには留る守す番ばんが一ひと人りいるだけだった。There was only one caretaker in the house.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

留

hold in place

守

protect

番

place in a series

Pitch accent

る

すばん

Conjugations...Used in: 1971

Composed of

留る守す

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

番ばん

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

留る守す番ばん電でん話わ

answering machine; answerphone

Examples (7 in total)

お留る守す番ばんできますね？

You can stay home alone, right?

一ひと人りで留る守す番ばんしてたの？

Did you stay at home alone?

留る守す番ばんはさせたくないんだがどうする？

I don't want to make them stay home alone, but what should we do?

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