倉

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

sake brewery

wine cellar

bar; bar-room

ship's hold; hatch

Idiomatic expression

being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; being withheld from publication

Lit. meaning

putting in storage

grain-producing region

boathouse

ふなぐら only

ship's hold; hatch

brewery (sake, soy); brewer

Archaic

warehouse overseer

guardhouse; detention barracks

rice granary

granary

shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling

Historical term

rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)

ancient log storehouse

cylinder (of a revolver)

god of food (esp. of rice)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

releasing stored goods (esp. sake); delivery (of goods from a storehouse)

case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

emergency supplies storehouse

sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)

raised floor storehouse; granary built on stilts

ほくら only

small shrine

depository for sacred objects

armory; armoury; arsenal