泊(と)める

とめる
ichidan verb
to let someone stay overnight, to put someone up
1. to let someone stay overnight, to put someone up
To provide a place for someone to sleep for the night. The host is the subject, and the guest is marked with を.
友達(ともだち)を泊(と)めた。
I let my friend stay over.
終電(しゅうでん)を逃(のが)した同僚(どうりょう)を家(いえ)に泊(と)めた。
I put up a colleague who missed the last train.
親戚(しんせき)が来(く)るので、客間(きゃくま)に泊(と)めることにした。
Since relatives are coming, I decided to put them up in the guest room.

USAGE:
The transitive counterpart of 泊(と)まる (to stay overnight). The subject is the person providing the lodging, and the person staying is marked with を: 人(ひと)を泊(と)める.

SIMILAR WORDS:
止(と)める means "to stop" and 留(と)める means "to fasten/pin." All three are read とめる but use different kanji.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 友人(ゆうじん)を泊(と)める: to put up a friend
  • 家(いえ)に泊(と)める: to let stay at one's house
  • 一晩(ひとばん)泊(と)める: to let stay for one night

Related Words

Related: 止(と)める (to stop)
Related: 留(と)める (to fasten)
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