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地蔵 じぞう

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

地蔵堂 じぞうどう

  1. temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizō) image

地蔵尊 じぞうそん

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

地蔵盆 じぞうぼん

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

地蔵菩薩 じぞうぼさつ

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

地蔵菩薩本願経 じぞうぼさつほんがんきょう

  1. Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

地蔵顔 じぞうがお

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

愚痴聞き地蔵 ぐちききじぞう

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

石地蔵 いしじぞう

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

六地蔵 ろくじぞう

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