stay for the night

(waterleft) + (white) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
8 strokes

Onyomi

HAKU

Mnemonic

Make the white devils spend the night in a wet puddle. (This inn is Japanese only! )

Kunyomi

( ) と*まる to stay somewhere overnight
★★★☆☆
( ) と*める to let your friends crash at your house.
☆☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

一泊(いっぱく)

one night's stay ★☆☆☆☆ COUNTER
(one) + (stay for the night) = 一泊 (one night's stay)

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.

二泊(にはく)

to stay somewhere for two nights. ★☆☆☆☆
(two) + (stay for the night) = 二泊 (to stay somewhere for two nights.)

宿泊(しゅくはく) する

stay the night ☆☆☆☆☆ NP
宿 (lodge at) + (stay for the night) = 宿泊 (stay the night)

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!"

Synonyms

lodge
泊まる    宿泊