Word Meaning お倉

おくら okura

お倉 is read as おくら (okura) and means rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate.

Meaning

English

  1. rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
  2. shelving (a play, movie, etc.)
  3. closing down
  4. cancelling
  5. canceling
  6. shelf (i.e. "on the shelf")

Reading

Kana

おくら

Romaji

okura

Writing Variants

  • お蔵 おくら okura
  • 御倉 おくら okura
  • 御蔵 おくら okura

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 123148 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お倉入り

おくらいり

putting in storage

穀倉

こくぐら

granary

くら

warehouse

米倉

こめぐら

rice granary

船倉

せんそう

ship's hold

鎌倉

かまくら

Kamakura (city)

常平倉

じょうへいそう

granary

内倉

うちぐら

godown within a compound

正倉

しょうそう

public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryō system)

回転式弾倉

かいてんしきだんそう

cylinder (of a revolver)

土倉

どそう

money broker (Muromachi period)

校倉

あぜくら

ancient log storehouse