居留守

Japanese

Kanji in this term
居	留	守
い Grade: 5	る Grade: 5	す Grade: 3

Etymology

Compound of 居 (i, “residence”) +‎ 留守 (rusu, “absence”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いるす [ìrúsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) いるす [ìrúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [iɾɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Noun

居留守 (hiragana いるす, rōmaji irusu, historical hiragana ゐるす)

pretending to be absent from home

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 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

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