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.
Old houses had a cellar for storing vegetables.
That cellar is used for storing wine.
地下室 is a modern basement or underground room, while 穴蔵 often implies a more rustic, earthen storage pit or cellar.
洞窟 is a natural cave or cavern, whereas 穴蔵 is primarily a man-made or adapted underground storage space.
Standard kanji spelling for a cellar or underground storage.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for readability.
Variant spelling using 倉 (storehouse), emphasizing the storage aspect.
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.