ジゾウ
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
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
Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizō) image
the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
Jizō Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizō statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
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)