Word Meaning お蔵入り

おくらいり okurairi

お蔵入り is read as おくらいり (okurairi) and means putting in storage.

Meaning

English

  1. putting in storage
  2. being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.)
  3. being postponed
  4. being put on hold
  5. being withheld from publication

Reading

Kana

おくらいり

Romaji

okurairi

Writing Variants

  • お倉入り おくらいり okurairi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 46768 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蔵入り

くらいり

putting in storage

蔵入れ

くらいれ

warehousing

お気に入り

おきにいり

bookmark (in a web browser)

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)

お蔵

おくら

rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

仲間入り

なかまいり

joining a group

土蔵造り

どぞうづくり

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

蔵造り

くらづくり

building a kura storehouse

梅雨入り

つゆいり

entering the rainy season

出入り

でいり

indentations (e.g. of a coastline)

念入り

ねんいり

careful