How to say "lodge" in Japanese

• ロッジCommon
  nounThe loanword for the noun: a lodge as a building or place to stay, e.g. at a ski resort or in the mountains. A noun, so it does not cover the verb senses.
  ロッジはひぎめでかりられる。↗

  The lodge rents by the day.
• 泊めるとめるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb for lodging someone: to put a guest or traveler up for the night, giving them a place to sleep. Think of a host accommodating a visitor.
  一いち晩ばん泊とめてあげよう。↗

  I'll put you up for the night.
• 申し込むもうしこむJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbReally 'to apply for' or 'make an application' (also to propose marriage); it matches 'lodge' only in the narrow sense of formally lodging an objection, and is seldom the word you want.
  あなたはあの勤め口つとめぐちに申し込もうしこむべきだ。↗

  You should apply for that post.
• 刺さるささるJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers 'lodge' when something sharp becomes stuck in something: a splinter lodged in a finger, a fishbone in the throat. Otherwise it simply means 'to stick into' or 'pierce'.
  釘くぎが車くるまのタイヤに刺ささった。↗

  A nail punctured the tire.
• 持ち込むもちこむCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'lodge a complaint': to take a complaint or problem to someone to be dealt with. More broadly it means to bring something in or approach someone with a proposal.

「ロッジ」 is the building; 「泊める」 means to put someone up for the night; 「刺さる」 is for something sharp lodging in something; 「持ち込む」 for lodging a complaint; 「申し込む」 is really 'to apply for'.

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• ロッジlodge
• 泊めるとめるto give shelter to
• 申し込むもうしこむto apply for
• 刺さるささるto stick into (of something with a sharp point)
• 持ち込むもちこむto approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.)
• 宿るやどるto stay (at)
• 巣くうすくうto lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.)