前泊 ぜんぱく Meanings Noun, する verb, Intransitive spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before See also: 後泊 (こうはく). Kanji 前 front. Read as ゼン. 泊 stay overnight. Read as ハク. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists