JLPT N4 · Verb

泊まる (tomaru)

泊まる (とまる, tomaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stay at (e.g. hotel)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とまる
Romaji
tomaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to stay at (e.g. hotel) · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

まだ住所は決まっていませんので、友達の家にしばらく泊まります。
I don't know my address yet. I'm going to stay with my friend for a while.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 泊まる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary泊まるとまる tomaru
Polite (~masu)泊まりますとまります tomarimasu
Negative泊まらないとまらない tomaranai
Polite negative泊まりませんとまりません tomarimasen
Past泊まったとまった tomatta
Polite past泊まりましたとまりました tomarimashita
Negative past泊まらなかったとまらなかった tomaranakatta
Te-form泊まってとまって tomatte
Potential泊まれるとまれる tomareru
Passive泊まられるとまられる tomarareru
Causative泊まらせるとまらせる tomaraseru
Volitional泊まろうとまろう tomarou
Imperative泊まれとまれ tomare
Conditional (~ba)泊まればとまれば tomareba

Kanji in 泊まる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 泊まる.

Source: JMdict entry 1474850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.