Translation guide
A place where things are stored or can be found. In Japanese, the translation depends on what is stored: physical goods, data/code, or abstract things like knowledge.
A building or room where goods, supplies, or items are kept.
General word for warehouse or storehouse. Used for storing goods, products, or materials.
The products are stored in the warehouse.
Storage room or repository, often for preserving food, wine, or valuables. Implies careful storage.
The wine is in the underground repository.
Storage location or depository. A more functional term, often used in logistics or business.
Please tell me the repository for the documents.
A central location where data, software code, or digital content is stored and managed.
Loanword from English, widely used in IT and software development (e.g., Git repositories).
The source code is managed in a GitHub repository.
Database. Used when the repository is a structured collection of data.
Digital archive or storage vault. Can be used for cloud storage or digital archives, but less common than リポジトリ.
A person, book, or place regarded as a store of knowledge or information.
Trove or treasury. Often used metaphorically for a rich source of something (e.g., knowledge, natural resources).
This library is a repository of knowledge.
Accumulation or collection. Can be used for a repository of information or data, but more abstract.
Source or fountainhead. Emphasizes the origin rather than storage, but can be used for a repository of ideas.
倉庫 is for physical goods (warehouse), while リポジトリ is for digital data (software repository). Using 倉庫 for a Git repository would sound strange.
You wouldn't call a Git repository a 倉庫.
Directly translating 'repository' as 貯蔵庫 or 保管場所 in IT contexts will confuse listeners. Use リポジトリ for software, and データベース for databases.
code repository (unnatural)
Customer information is stored in the database.
重要なファイルはクラウドの保管庫にバックアップしています。
Important files are backed up in a cloud repository.
インターネットは情報の集積地です。
The internet is a repository of information.
彼は歴史の生き字引で、知識の源泉だ。
He is a living repository of history, a fountain of knowledge.