泊

Stay Overnight, Lodge

と (まる), と (める)

JLPT N2

Interesting Fact

Traditional Japanese inns are called 旅館 (ryokan). Reservations often indicate the number of nights using 泊, such as 一泊二日 ('one night, two days').

Imagine spending the night at a cozy ryokan with a hot spring bath. Staying overnight helps you remember 泊 means 'to stay.'

Onyomi: ハク (haku)

Kunyomi: と (まる), と (める)

泊まる

とまる (tomaru)

To stay overnight

宿泊

しゅくはく (shukuhaku)

Lodging

一泊

いっぱく (ippaku)

One night stay

外泊

がいはく (gaihaku)

Overnight stay away from home

京都の旅館に一泊しました。

きょうとのりょかんにいっぱくしました。

Kyouto no ryokan ni ippaku shimashita

I stayed one night at a ryokan in Kyoto.