Number:
38
泊 stay for the night
8 strokes
ONYOMI: HAKU
Make the white devils spend the night in a wet puddle. (This inn is Japanese only! )
DESCRIPTION: -
KUNYOMI:
- ( に ) と＊まる
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to stay somewhere overnight
- ( を ) と＊める
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to let your friends crash at your house.
JUKUGO:
- 一泊 ( いっぱく )
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a COUNTER for the number of nights you stay. You use this when making a reservation at a hotel. Ippaku is , of course, one night.
(COUNTER)
一 (one) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 一泊 (one night's stay)
- 二泊 ( にはく )
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to stay somewhere for two nights.
二 (two) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 二泊 (to stay somewhere for two nights.)
- に 宿泊 する (に しゅくはく する)
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the act of staying the night -(kind of formal; you might read it in a hotel guidebook, but you wouldn't say "Let's 宿泊 over there, guys!"
(NP)
宿 (lodge at) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 宿泊 (stay the night)