Translation guide
A building or space for storing goods, supplies, or valuables. Japanese has several words for storehouses, each with different historical, architectural, and functional nuances.
A sturdy, fireproof building for storing valuables, often with thick earthen walls.
The most common word for a traditional Japanese storehouse, often a separate building with thick plaster walls for fire protection. Used for storing valuables, rice, or goods.
This storehouse was built in the Edo period.
Often used interchangeably with 蔵, but can refer to a simpler warehouse or granary. In modern contexts, it may appear in compound words.
General term for a warehouse or storehouse, more modern and functional than 蔵. Used for commercial or industrial storage.
A large building for storing commercial goods, often part of logistics or trade.
The standard word for a warehouse in modern Japanese. Used in business, logistics, and everyday contexts.
A storehouse designated for a particular type of goods, often with a traditional or historical feel.
A place where something is accumulated or stored in a non-physical sense, such as knowledge or memories.
Literally 'treasure house', used figuratively to mean a rich source or repository of something valuable (e.g., knowledge, natural resources).
蔵 (kura) typically refers to a traditional, often fireproof storehouse with thick earthen walls, historically used for valuables. 倉 (kura) can be similar but may imply a simpler structure or granary. 倉庫 (sōko) is the modern, general term for any warehouse or storage building. In compounds, 蔵 and 倉 are often interchangeable, but 蔵 carries a more traditional nuance.
宝庫 (hōko) is very common in phrases like ～の宝庫 (a storehouse of ~) to describe a place rich in something. It's a natural way to express abundance metaphorically.
Old furniture is stored in the storehouse.
A lot of rice is stored in the rice storehouse.
The goods are stored in the warehouse.
We plan to build a new warehouse in the suburbs.
Specifically a distribution warehouse or logistics center.
Large distribution warehouses are concentrated in this area.
A rice storehouse or granary. Common in historical or rural contexts.
The village rice storehouse is full of harvested rice.
A treasure storehouse or treasury, often for valuable artifacts or treasures.
Precious Buddhist statues are enshrined in the temple's treasure storehouse.
A sake brewery or storehouse for sake. Often used to refer to the brewery itself.
This sake storehouse has a history of 300 years.
This library is a storehouse of knowledge.
This region is known as a storehouse of hot springs.
A storage repository, can be used literally or figuratively for accumulated things.
His brain is a storehouse of vast amounts of data.