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泊める

とめる

to give shelter to, to lodge

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Examples

  1. 今夜は友達を家に泊めるつもりだ。

    こんやはともだちをいえにとめるつもりだ。

    I plan to put a friend up at my place tonight.

  2. 一晩泊めてあげようか。

    ひとばんとめてあげようか。

    Shall I put you up for the night?

  3. 急に来た親戚を二人も泊めることになった。

    きゅうにきたしんせきをふたりもとめることになった。

    We ended up housing two relatives who turned up unannounced.

Common patterns

家に泊める
to put someone up at one's house
一晩泊める
to lodge someone for a night
友達を泊める
to have a friend stay over

Memory tip

The transitive partner of 泊まる: you 泊める a guest, the guest 泊まる. Do not mix it up with 止める / 停める (to stop, to park), which sound identical.

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