noun
cellar; underground storage; cave-like hole
Refers to a hole or underground space used for storage, often a traditional cellar. Can also mean a natural cave or a hole in the ground.
昔の家には、野菜を保存するための穴蔵があった。
Old houses had a cellar for storing vegetables.
その穴蔵はワインの貯蔵に使われている。
That cellar is used for storing wine.
Rare single-character form; not commonly used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 穴 (あな, hole) and 蔵 (くら, storehouse). The reading くら becomes ぐら due to rendaku.