Translation guide
How to express 'cold storage' in Japanese, covering refrigeration, freezing, and data archiving.
Storing items in a cool or refrigerated environment to preserve them.
General term for refrigeration or cold storage, often used for food and perishables.
この食品は冷蔵が必要です。
This food requires cold storage.
Specifically means 'cold storage preservation', commonly used in instructions and labels.
開封後は冷蔵保存してください。
Please keep refrigerated after opening.
Refrigerator. Use when referring to the appliance itself, not the concept of cold storage.
冷蔵庫に入れてください。
Please put it in the refrigerator.
Storing items at freezing temperatures.
General term for freezing or frozen storage.
肉は冷凍で保存できます。
Meat can be stored frozen.
A large-scale refrigerated warehouse for commercial storage.
Refrigerated warehouse. Used in logistics and commercial contexts.
その会社は大きな冷蔵倉庫を持っています。
That company has a large cold storage warehouse.
Freezer warehouse, specifically for frozen goods.
冷凍倉庫で保管されています。
It is stored in a freezer warehouse.
Storing data that is rarely accessed, often for long-term retention.
Loanword from English, commonly used in IT contexts for infrequently accessed data storage.
このデータはコールドストレージに移動しました。
This data has been moved to cold storage.
Technical term for 'infrequent access storage', sometimes used as a more descriptive alternative.
低頻度アクセスストレージに保存する。
Save to infrequent access storage.
冷蔵 (refrigeration) is above freezing, typically 0–10°C. 冷凍 (freezing) is below freezing, typically -18°C or lower. Use the correct term based on temperature.
冷蔵は冷凍より温度が高いです。
Refrigeration is higher in temperature than freezing.
A 'cold room' (walk-in cooler) is often called 冷蔵室 (れいぞうしつ) or 冷凍室 (れいとうしつ), not 冷蔵倉庫, which implies a large warehouse.
Specifically 'frozen storage preservation', similar to 冷蔵保存 but for freezing.
冷凍保存すれば長持ちします。
It will last longer if you freeze it.