Meaning of 地蔵 in Japanese | RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary

Definition of 地蔵

じぞう(jizou) 【地蔵】

(n) Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers) →Related words: 地蔵菩薩

じぞうがお(jizougao) 【地蔵顔】

じぞうそん(jizouson) 【地蔵尊】

ぐちききじぞう(guchikikijizou) 【愚痴聞き地蔵】

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

いしじぞう(ishijizou) 【石地蔵】

じぞうぼさつ(jizoubosatsu) 【地蔵菩薩】

(n) Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers)

ろくじぞう(rokujizou) 【六地蔵】

こやすじぞう(koyasujizou) 【子安地蔵】

みずこじぞう(mizukojizou) 【水子地蔵】

(n) Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses) →Related words: 地蔵

じぞうぼん(jizoubon) 【地蔵盆】

(n) Jizo Festival (child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; 23-24 August)