泊 stay for the night

(waterleft) + 白 (white) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
8 strokes

Onyomi

HAKU

Mnemonic

Make the white devils spend the night in a wet puddle. (This inn is Japanese only! )

Kunyomi

( に ) と*まる to stay somewhere overnight
★★★☆☆
( を ) と*める to let your friends crash at your house.
☆☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

一泊(いっぱく)

one night's stay ★☆☆☆☆ COUNTER
一 (one) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 一泊 (one night's stay)

a COUNTER for the number of nights you stay. You use this when making a reservation at a hotel. Ippaku is , of course, one night.

二泊(にはく)

to stay somewhere for two nights. ★☆☆☆☆
二 (two) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 二泊 (to stay somewhere for two nights.)

に 宿泊(しゅくはく) する

stay the night ☆☆☆☆☆ NP
宿 (lodge at) + 泊 (stay for the night) = 宿泊 (stay the night)

the act of staying the night -(kind of formal; you might read it in a hotel guidebook, but you wouldn't say "Let's 宿泊 over there, guys!"

Synonyms

lodge
泊まる    宿泊