Word Meaning 地蔵顔

じぞうがお jizougao

地蔵顔 is read as じぞうがお (jizougao) and means gentle and round face.

Meaning

English

  1. gentle and round face
  2. cheerful face
  3. face like the Bodhisattva Jizō

Reading

Kana

じぞうがお

Romaji

jizougao

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 68596 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

じぞう

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

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

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

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

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)

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)

石地蔵

いしじぞう

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

Example Sentences

1

One is happy when borrowing something, but upset when the time comes to return it.