Illustration: Late at night in a Japanese apartment, a host kneels in a spare tatami room and spreads a clean quilt over a guest futon. With the other hand, they offer a freshly covered pillow to a tired friend standing beside a small overnight bag.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

泊とめる

tomeru

to put someone up for the night

Example sentences

  1. 一晩いちばん泊とめてあげよう。

    I’ll put you up for the night.

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  2. 彼かれを一晩いちばん泊とめてやった。

    I accommodated him with a night’s lodging.

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  3. 彼かれはその夜よる、旅人たびびとを泊とめた。

    He accommodated the traveler for the night.

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Kanji in 泊

  • 泊overnight stay; put up atOnハクKunとまる・とめる

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