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泊まる
tomaru
Description
「泊まる」は、家に帰らないで、ホテルや友だちの家などでその日の夜をすごすことです。
"泊まる" means to spend the night somewhere like a hotel or a friend's house instead of going home.
旅行のときによく使う言葉です。
It is a word often used when traveling.
Meanings
泊まるtomaru
to stay overnight; lodge
今夜はホテルに泊まる。
I'm staying at a hotel tonight.
泊まるtomaru
to be moored (of a ship)
船が港に泊まっている。
The ship is docked at the port.
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Notes
- Nuance
泊まる means to stay the night; 止まる means to stop or halt — same reading, different kanji.
- Etymology
transitive counterpart is 泊める (to let someone stay/put someone up).
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