お蔵くら

noun

shelving; cancellation; closing down

Used for plays, movies, events, or projects that are shelved, cancelled, or shut down. Often appears in entertainment or business contexts.

• その映えい画がは予よ算さん不ぶ足そくでお蔵くら入いりになった。

  The movie was shelved due to budget shortages.

• 企き画かくがお蔵くらになる前まえに、もう一いち度ど提てい案あんしてみよう。

  Let's propose it again before the project gets cancelled.

noun

rice storehouse (Edo shogunate)

Historical term for a rice storehouse under the Edo shogunate. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、お蔵くらは幕ばく府ふの米こめを保ほ管かんする重じゅう要ような施し設せつだった。

  In the Edo period, the o-kura was an important facility for storing the shogunate's rice.