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jmdict 1552760 Active (id: 2348015)
留守 [ichi1,news1,nf11] 留主 [rK]
るす [ichi1,news1,nf11]
1. [n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no]
▶ absence
▶ being away from home
2. [n,vs,vt,vi]
▶ house-sitting
▶ house-sitter
3. [n]
《usu. as お留守になる》
▶ neglecting (e.g. one's studies)
▶ leaving unattended
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2121900 お留守になる【おるすになる】 1. to neglect (e.g. one's studies); to leave unattended

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2025-09-16 15:12:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2025-09-15 10:44:14  Sombrero1
  Refs:
Sankoku, Meikyo, GG5
  Comments:
missing transitivity tags

Pretty sure "being left unattended to" is ungrammatical and doesn't convey anything meaningful.
"Leaving unattended" should be a better gloss
  Diff:
@@ -22,0 +23,2 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -29,0 +32,2 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -36,2 +40,2 @@
-<gloss>being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>neglecting</gloss>
+<gloss>neglecting (e.g. one's studies)</gloss>
+<gloss>leaving unattended</gloss>
2. A* 2025-09-15 08:40:04  GM <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
留守 1,174,886  95.6% 
留主       820   0.1% -rK (daijs)
るす    53,017   4.3%
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
1. A 2017-10-09 19:42:26  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
600k googits for "留守の家"
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -33 +33,0 @@
-<pos>&vs;</pos>

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