Word Meaning お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん ojizousan

お地蔵さん is read as おじぞうさん (ojizousan) and means Jizo (esp. statue).

Meaning

English

  1. Jizo (esp. statue)
  2. Kshitigarbha
  3. Ksitigarbha

Reading

Kana

おじぞうさん

Romaji

ojizousan

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 48568 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

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地蔵

じぞう

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

子安地蔵

こやすじぞう

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

水子地蔵

みずこじぞう

Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)

六地蔵

ろくじぞう

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

石地蔵

いしじぞう

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

地蔵顔

じぞうがお

gentle and round face

地蔵堂

じぞうどう

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

地蔵尊

じぞうそん

Jizo (guardian deity of children)

地蔵盆

じぞうぼん

Jizo Festival

愚痴聞き地蔵

ぐちききじぞう

Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔

かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお

people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it

地蔵菩薩本願経

じぞうぼさつほんがんきょう

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva