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泊まり込み (とまりこみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
staying overnight (due to circumstances) ; overnight stay (for work, etc.)
Implies staying somewhere overnight because of work, an event, or unavoidable circumstances, rather than for leisure. Often used in contexts like 泊まり込みの仕事 (work requiring an overnight stay) or 泊まり込みで準備する (prepare while staying overnight).
選せん
挙きょ
前まえ
は
泊と
まり
込こ
み
の
準じゅん
備び
が
続つづ
く
。
Before the election, preparations continue with overnight stays.
Written forms 泊と まり 込こ み Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; the 送り仮名 まり is included.
泊とま り 込こ み
Variant spelling with 送り仮名 り only; less common but still seen.
Kanji 泊 overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor 込 crowded, mixture, in bulk Similar words 宿しゅく 泊はく 宿泊 is a general term for lodging or staying overnight, often at a hotel or inn, and does not carry the nuance of being forced by circumstances.
お 泊と まり お泊まり is a casual, often child-like term for a sleepover or staying overnight, usually for fun, unlike the more serious or work-related 泊まり込み.
Etymology Compound of 泊まり (とまり, 'staying', the 連用形 of 泊まる) + 込み (こみ, 'including', the 連用形 of 込む). Literally 'including staying', it came to mean staying overnight as part of a task or situation.