冷蔵

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 冷蔵 is read as れいぞう and means refrigerating or keeping food in chilled storage.
• Basic usage: It can give an instruction to refrigerate an opened item or state that refrigeration is a storage requirement.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• As an instruction
  • 冷蔵してください asks that the named food be kept refrigerated. Example: 開封した牛乳は冷蔵してください。
• As a storage requirement
  • 冷蔵が必要な食品 identifies food that requires refrigeration. Example: 冷蔵が必要な食品を先に片づけた。