Quick answer
泊 is the kanji for "Stay overnight". Its reading is と.まる (tomaru). This page includes example sentences and a stroke-order diagram.
Meaning
Stay overnight
Also : Put up at · Ride at anchor
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Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
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Stroke Order
8 strokes
Radicals
Example Sentences
初めてホテルに一人で泊まって、少し緊張しました。
はじめてほてるにひとりでとまって、すこしきんちょうしました。
The first time I stayed at a hotel alone, I was a little nervous.
温泉地に三泊四日で旅行して、ゆっくりリフレッシュしました。
おんせんちにさんぱくよっかでりょこうして、ゆっくりりふれっしゅしました。
I traveled to a hot spring resort for four days and three nights and slowly refreshed.
Vocabulary using 泊
Grammar to study at this level
- [Noun] + に伴い～に伴い (ni tomonai) - Along with / In accordance with
- [Noun] + をはじめ～をはじめ (wo hajime) - Starting with / Including
- [Noun] + に応じて～に応じて (ni oujite) - According to / In response to
- [Noun] + から + [Noun] + にかけて～にかけて (ni kakete) - From...to / In the area of
- [Noun] + に限り～に限り (ni kagiri) - Limited to / Only
Last updated Jun 11, 2026
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