Word Meaning 石地蔵

いしじぞう ishijizou

石地蔵 is read as いしじぞう (ishijizou) and means stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads).

Meaning

English

  1. stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)
  2. taciturn person
  3. person uninterested in romance

Reading

Kana

いしじぞう

Romaji

ishijizou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 49105 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)

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)

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)

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

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