居い留る守す

noun

pretending to be out; feigning absence

Used when someone is actually at home but pretends not to be, typically by not answering the door or phone. Often appears in the phrase 居留守を使う.

• セールスマンが来きたので、居い留る守すを使つかった。

  When the salesman came, I pretended to be out.

• 彼かれは面めん倒どうな電でん話わにはよく居い留る守すを使つかう。

  He often pretends to be out for troublesome phone calls.