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04-19-2010, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
 
Edit: How about 下宿 vs. 宿泊 as a する verb? I sense these mean pretty much exactly the same thing, connotation and all.
They never mean the same thing.

宿泊 = a stay in a hotel or any establishment that rents rooms for money.

下宿 = to stay with a person (family) that rents rooms in his own home for money. Your addres will be: John Smith, i/c Sashimister, 2-8-10 JF-cho, blah blah
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