泊まる・泊る|とまるtomaru[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
泊まる泊まる is the most common written form of this verb and the form learners should normally choose when writing about staying, docking, or berthing.
泊る泊る is a less common written variant of 泊まる; you may encounter it, but it is not the first form to choose.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto stay at (e.g. hotel)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 泊まる（とまる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 泊まります（とまります） |
| Negative (nai) | 泊まらない（とまらない） |
| polite (masen) | 泊まりません（とまりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 泊まらず・泊まらぬ（とまらず・とまらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 泊まった（とまった） |
| polite (mashita) | 泊まりました（とまりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 泊まらなかった（とまらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 泊まりませんでした（とまりませんでした） |
| Te form | 泊まって（とまって） |
| Potential | 泊まれる（とまれる） |
| Passive | 泊まられる（とまられる） |
| Causative | 泊まらせる（とまらせる） |
| Causative passive | 泊まらせられる・泊まらされる（とまらせられる・とまらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 泊まれば（とまれば） |
| tara | 泊まったら（とまったら） |
| Volitional | 泊まろう（とまろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 泊まりましょう（とまりましょう） |
| Imperative | 泊まれ（とまれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
宿に泊まる
客を泊める
泊まる describes a person staying overnight (e.g., at an inn), while 泊める means to provide lodging for someone, as in hosting a guest.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym宿泊しゅくはくWrittenWritten/formal prose for lodging, as in 「宿泊施設」 and 「宿泊料」; common in the hotel industry and more formal than 「泊まる」.
- Related寝泊まりねとまりCasualColloquial word for living and sleeping somewhere overnight, as in 「事務所で寝泊まりする」; 「泊まる」 is the general term for staying overnight.
- Related止宿ししゅくWrittenWritten word for putting up at an inn, as in 「止宿先」; rarely used today — say 「泊まる」 in everyday speech.
- Related逗留とうりゅうWrittenWritten word for staying somewhere for a while on a trip, as in 「温泉に逗留する」; 「泊まる」 centers on overnight lodging.
- Related宿するしゅくするWrittenWritten word for lodging or stopping somewhere; very rarely used today.
- Antonym出るでるNeutralThe opposite of 「泊まる」: to leave or go out, as in 「ホテルを出る」.
- Antonym発つたつWrittenWritten word and opposite of 「泊まる」: to depart or set off, as in 「早朝に発つ」.
Default to 「泊まる」 for staying overnight. Use 「宿泊」 in formal or hotel-industry contexts, 「寝泊まり」 colloquially for living somewhere overnight, 「逗留」 for lingering on a trip, and 「出る」 or 「発つ」 when leaving.
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Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
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