蔵・倉・庫|くらkura[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounwarehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator

• Synonym倉庫そうこNeutralThe modern, all-purpose word for a warehouse, as in 「倉庫に保管する」; 「蔵」 usually suggests a traditional earthen-walled storehouse.
• Related納屋なやNeutralA farm shed or outbuilding for odds and ends, as in 「納屋に農具を置く」.
• RelatedウェアハウスNeutralA loanword for a warehouse, mostly seen in logistics and in store names.
• Related貯蔵所ちょぞうしょNeutralA place for storing things; mostly found in explanatory writing and leaning toward written prose.
• Related貯蔵室ちょぞうしつNeutralA storeroom; typically a storage room in a private home or a shop.
• Related保管所ほかんじょNeutralA place where things are left for safekeeping, as in 「自転車保管所」; mostly used for public facilities.

Traditional earthen-walled storehouses and sake breweries take 「蔵」 (「酒蔵」, 「蔵造りの町並み」); modern warehouses are 「倉庫」. 「ウェアハウス」: logistics, store names. 「納屋」: farm shed. 「保管所」: public deposit point. 「貯蔵室」: home/shop storeroom. 「貯蔵所」: storage site, written prose.

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1. (くら) 家財かざいや商品しょうひんなどを火災かさいや盗難とうなんなどから守まもり、保管ほかんしておく建物たてもの。倉庫そうこ。