留 守 電(るすでん)

るすでん

noun

voicemail; answering machine

communication technology

See also: 留守番電話(るすばんでんわ) (full form)

1. voicemail; answering machine message

A recorded message left when someone doesn't answer the phone.

留守電(るすでん)に伝言(でんごん)を残(のこ)した。

I left a message on the voicemail.

留守電(るすでん)を確認(かくにん)してください。

Please check your voicemail.

留守電(るすでん)が3件(けん)入(はい)っていたので、急(いそ)いで折(お)り返(かえ)した。

I had three voicemails, so I hurried to call back.

2. answering machine; voicemail system

The device or service that records messages when calls go unanswered.

留守電(るすでん)を確認(かくにん)してください。

Please check your voicemail.

電話(でんわ)に出(で)られないときは留守電(るすでん)に切(き)り替(か)わる。

When I can't answer the phone, it switches to voicemail.

留守電(るすでん)の応答(おうとう)メッセージを新(あたら)しく録音(ろくおん)した。

I recorded a new voicemail greeting.

留守電(るすでん) is an abbreviation of 留守番(るすばん)電話(でんわ) (answering machine/voicemail). It refers to both the voicemail system and the messages left on it.

Etymology

留守番(るすばん): house-sitting, looking after the house
電話(でんわ): telephone

Common patterns

留守電(るすでん)に入(い)れる: to leave a voicemail
留守電(るすでん)に残(のこ)す: to leave on voicemail
留守電(るすでん)を聞(き)く: to listen to voicemail
留守電(るすでん)を確認(かくにん)する: to check voicemail
留守電(るすでん)に切(き)り替(か)わる: to switch to voicemail

Related words

Related Words

Related: 着信(ちゃくしん) (incoming call)

Related: 不在着信(ふざいちゃくしん) (missed call)

Related: 伝言(でんごん) (message)

Related: 折(お)り返(かえ)し (return call)

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Added 2026.1.21 8:30 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31

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