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この 町まち に は 古ふる い 蔵くら が たくさん 残のこ っ て いる 。
Many old storehouses remain in this town.
The rice is stored in the warehouse.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 倉くら を 建た てる to build a storehouse at a place
My grandfather built a storehouse in the corner of the field.
倉くら に 〈 物もの 〉 をしまう to put something away in a storehouse
We put the harvested rice away in the storehouse.
倉くら から 〈 物もの 〉 を 出だ す to take something out of the storehouse
Before the festival, we took the ritual items out of the storehouse.
Expressions 下げ 戸こ の 建た てた 蔵くら はない don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has ever built a storehouse Kanji 倉 godown, warehouse, storehouse Related words 倉庫 is the formal, modern word for a warehouse, while 倉 is the shorter, more traditional term for the same kind of storage building.
蔵 refers to a traditional storehouse building itself, while 宝庫 highlights the richness or value of its contents, whether physical or figurative.
Don't confuse with 倉 usually refers to a plain storehouse or warehouse for goods, while 蔵 more often denotes a traditional earthen-walled storehouse used to keep valuables, sake, or family treasures.
Counted with Used when counting 蔵 (くら) as a building, e.g. structures counted by 棟 (むね).
Used like counting houses/buildings (軒) since a 蔵 (kura, storehouse) is treated as a fairly sizable building.
Word family· 17 sake brewery · wine cellar; sake cellar · bar; pub
Chūshingura; Treasury of Loyal Retainers; story of the Forty-seven Rōnin
releasing stored goods; delivery from a storehouse
Written forms 倉くら Usage 21%
Common kanji for a storehouse or warehouse; used in many compounds.
蔵くら Usage 58%
Also common; often used for traditional storehouses and in proper names.
くら Usage 18%
庫くら Usage 4%
Rare standalone kanji for this reading; mostly seen in compounds like 車庫 or 金庫.
Etymology Native Japanese word. The kanji 倉, 蔵, and 庫 all carry the meaning of a storage place, with 倉 often associated with grain storage and 蔵 with valuables.
金かね 蔵ぐら
N1
treasure house; treasury · financial supporter; patron; backer
cellar; underground storage; cave-like hole
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shelving; cancellation; closing down · rice storehouse (Edo shogunate)
storeroom; storage room · Imperial warehouse
boathouse · ship's hold; hatch
stored rice; rice in storage
shelved; postponed; put on hold · putting in storage; warehoused goods
warehousing; storing in a warehouse
daimyo's city storehouse
clearance sale; warehouse sale
kura-style architecture; warehouse-style building · building a kura storehouse; kura builder
