停泊

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 停泊 is read as ていはく and means anchoring or mooring; it combines with する to describe a vessel staying in place.
• Basic usage: It can describe a fishing boat overnight in a bay or a passenger ship moored in a harbor.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Anchoring overnight
  • 停泊: The fishing boat anchors in the bay overnight. Example: 漁船は夜の間、湾内に停泊した。
• Remaining moored in port
  • 停泊: A passenger ship from abroad is moored in the harbor. Example: 港には外国から来た客船が停泊している。