死し蔵ぞう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

hoarding; storing away without using

Implies keeping something unused to the point of waste; often used for money, goods, or resources that are kept idle.

• 彼かれは古ふるい切きっ手てを死し蔵ぞうしているだけで、決けっして使つかわない。

  He just hoards old stamps and never uses them.

• 死し蔵ぞうされた資し金きんを有ゆう効こう活かつ用ようすべきだ。

  We should make effective use of the funds that have been stored away unused.