stay overnight

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 泊 has 8 strokes and describes staying overnight.
• Basic usage: 一泊 is read いっぱく, and 泊まる is read とまる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Nights and days
  • 一泊二日 is a two-day trip with one overnight stay. The number of nights is not the same as the number of travel days.
  • 一泊 contains a small っ followed by ぱく.
• Where someone stays
  • In ホテルに泊まる and 友人の家に泊まる, に marks the place of the overnight stay.