Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
とま > どま
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of (su, purely, just, only) +‎ 泊まり (tomari, staying over, spending the night, overnight lodging, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 泊まる tomaru, “to stay overnight”).[1][2] The tomari changes to domari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(どま) (sudomari

  1. A lodging or accommodation arrangement that includes just the overnight stay, and not any meals. (Japanese inns traditionally include breakfast, and sometimes even dinner, as part of the standard amenities.)

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN