じぞう
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Pitch accent
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Composed of
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
Jizō (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
Jizō Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizō statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizō) image
the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)
guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)
gentle and round face; cheerful face; (lit.) face like the Bodhisattva Jizō
Ksitigarbha (Jizō) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Nagoya Keihō Temple)