Word Meaning 愚痴聞き地蔵

ぐちききじぞう guchikikijizou

愚痴聞き地蔵 is read as ぐちききじぞう (guchikikijizou) and means Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ぐちききじぞう

Romaji

guchikikijizou

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 65 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 105354 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

愚痴

ぐち

moha (ignorance, folly)

愚痴の闇

ぐちのやみ

the darkness of ignorance

愚痴る

ぐちる

to grumble

愚痴愚痴

ぐちぐち

complaining (continuously) about something

愚痴っぽい

ぐちっぽい

prone to complaining

愚痴を溢す

ぐちをこぼす

to whinge

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)

聞いて極楽見て地獄

きいてごくらくみてじごく

don't believe everything you hear