じぞう
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Pitch accent
ぞう
Composed of
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) 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)
Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)