Meaning

Primary

To Stay The Night

Alternatives

To Stay Over, To Sleep Over

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means overnight and the verb vocab version is to stay the night.

Reading

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

Explanation

We are just going to stay tonight () and maybe tomorrow () night.

Context

Context Sentences

今までで一番面白い最高傑作のお笑いのDVDを買ったんだけど、今日うちに泊まって一緒に観ない?

I bought a DVD of the funniest comedy skits ever, so why don’t you stay over and watch it with me tonight?

Kanji Composition