stone Jizō statue
A stone statue of Jizō (Kṣitigarbha), often placed along roadsides or in graveyards as a guardian deity.
See also: 地蔵
An old stone Jizō statue stands by the roadside.
A stone Jizō statue is enshrined at the entrance of the village.
taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
Figurative use likening a person to a silent, unmoving stone statue. Often implies a quiet, unresponsive, or romantically indifferent character.
He stays silent just like a stone Jizō statue.
That person is a stone Jizō, completely uninterested in romance.
Compound of 石 (stone) and 地蔵 (Jizō, the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha). The figurative sense derives from the statue's silent, unmoving nature.