地蔵 – vocab dash

地じ蔵ぞう

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Meanings

Noun

1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō (Abbreviation)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

じぞう

Used in vocabulary

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

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temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizō) image

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gentle and round face; cheerful face; face like the Bodhisattva Jizō

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Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva

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Ksitigarbha (Jizō) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Nagoya Keihō Temple)

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stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

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

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guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

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

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Jizō Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizō statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24

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Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

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