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    3. 土蔵

    土蔵

    土ど蔵ぞう

    storehouse with thick (earthen) walls

    KMT9News #32+1NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab18 strokes

    どぞう

    Noun

    1.
    storehouse with thick (earthen) walls, godown

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    その家いえには古ふるい土ど蔵ぞうがある。

    That house has an old earthen storehouse.

    KMT9Home & Housing
    土ど蔵ぞうは火か災さいから貴き重ちょう品ひんを守まもるために建つくてられた。

    Earthen storehouses were built to protect valuables from fire.

    KMT9Home & HousingHistory
    農のう家かでは収しゅう穫かくした米こめを土ど蔵ぞうに保ほ管かんしていた。

    Farmers used to store harvested rice in earthen storehouses.

    KMT9Home & HousingFood & DiningHistory
    土ど蔵ぞうの内ない部ぶは夏なつでも涼すずしく、食しょく料りょうの保ほ存ぞんに適てきしている。

    The inside of an earthen storehouse is cool even in summer, making it suitable for food preservation.

    KMT9Home & HousingFood & DiningNature & Environment
    昔むかしながらの土ど蔵ぞうが並ならぶ風ふう景けいは、日に本ほんの歴れき史しを感かんじさせる。

    The scenery of traditional earthen storehouses lined up evokes a sense of Japanese history.

    KMT10Home & HousingHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
    蔵
    くら・おさ.める・かく.れる…(8)
    storehouse・hide・own・have・possess
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