留守

Chinese

 
leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
to guard
simp. and trad.
(留守)

Pronunciation


Verb

留守

  1. (historical) to act as an emperor during his absence from the capital
  2. to stay behind to take care of things; to stay behind for garrison or liaison duty (after the main forces have left)
    留守兒童 / 留守儿童   liúshǒu értóng   left-behind children

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

留守 (hiragana るす, rōmaji rusu)

  1. absence

Derived terms

Verb

留守する (hiragana るすする, rōmaji rusu suru)

  1. be absent, be out

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

留守 (yusu) (hangeul 유수)

  1. Hanja form? of 유수.
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