木もく槽そう

noun

wooden vat; wooden tank

Refers to a large wooden container, especially one used in traditional sake brewing. The reading もくそう is standard; きぶね is a rarer alternate reading.

• 酒さか蔵ぐらには大おおきな木もく槽そうが並ならんでいる。

  Large wooden vats are lined up in the sake brewery.

• この木もく槽そうは江え戸ど時じ代だいから使つかわれている。

  This wooden tank has been used since the Edo period.