Meaning

Primary

Overnight Stay

Alternatives

Sleepover, Stopover

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You know that 泊まる is "to stay the night." The noun version is a overnight stay or sleepover.

Reading

とまり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading comes from 泊まる, so pull from that and you shall know this.

Context

Context Sentences

うちの子、幼稚園のお泊まり会をすごく楽しみにしてたんだけど、風邪を引いちゃって、今抗生物質を飲ませたところなんです。だから、残念ながら今夜は欠席させて頂きます。

My kid was really looking forward to the kindergarten sleepover, but he got a cold and I just made him take antibiotics. So, sadly, he’ll be absent tonight.

Kanji Composition