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留守
留守
Chinese
leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
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to guard | ||
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simp. and trad. (留守) |
留 | 守 | |
Verb
留守
- to act as an emperor during his absence from the capital
- to stay behind to take care of things; to stay behind for garrison or liaison duty (after the main forces have left)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 留 | 守 |
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る Grade: 5 |
す Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
留守 (hiragana るす, romaji rusu)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Verb
留守する (hiragana るすする, romaji rusu suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "留守する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 留守し | るすし | rusu shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 留守し | るすし | rusu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 留守する | るすする | rusu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 留守する | るすする | rusu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 留守すれ | るすすれ | rusu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 留守せよ¹ 留守しろ² |
るすせよ¹ るすしろ² |
rusu seyo¹ rusu shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 留守される | るすされる | rusu sareru | |
| Causative | 留守させる 留守さす |
るすさせる るすさす |
rusu saseru rusu sasu |
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| Potential | 留守できる | るすできる | rusu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 留守しよう | るすしよう | rusu shiyō | |
| Negative | 留守しない | るすしない | rusu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 留守せず | るすせず | rusu sezu | |
| Formal | 留守します | るすします | rusu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 留守した | るすした | rusu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 留守して | るすして | rusu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 留守すれば | るすすれば | rusu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3