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  Rusuban

"Ru" is one of the characters that not many words start with. The word "rusuban" is  not a part of Japanese culture as one will see. It means, staying at home and taking care of the house during one's absence. The kanji character "ban" has the meaning "to watch". For example, "bannin" is a watchman and "banken" is a watchdog. "Rusuban-denwa" is a telephone answering machine. 

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