前ぜん泊ぱく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

staying overnight before an event; spending the night ahead

Often used for staying near an airport the night before an early flight, or arriving a day early for an event. The verb form is 前泊する (intransitive).

See also: 後泊 (こうはく)

• 早そう朝ちょうのフライトに備そなえて、空くう港こう近ちかくのホテルに前ぜん泊ぱくした。

  I stayed overnight at a hotel near the airport to prepare for the early morning flight.

• 会かい議ぎの前ぜん日じつに現げん地ちで前ぜん泊ぱくする予よ定ていです。

  I plan to stay overnight at the venue the day before the conference.