内うち蔵くら

noun

storeroom; storage room

A storeroom attached to a house, typically used for storing household goods, tools, or provisions. This is the common modern meaning.

• 祖そ母ぼの家いえには、古ふるい内うち蔵くらがあって、今いまは使つかっていない。

  My grandmother's house has an old storeroom that is no longer used.

• 内うち蔵くらにしまってあった布ふ団とんを出だした。

  I took out the futon that had been stored in the storeroom.

noun

Imperial warehouse

Only with reading うちくら

Historical term for a warehouse belonging to the Imperial household or government. Restricted to the reading うちくら.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、内うち蔵くらに税ぜいとして納おさめられた米こめが保ほ管かんされていた。

  In the Heian period, rice paid as tax was stored in the Imperial warehouse.