noun
Jizō; Kṣitigarbha
Abbreviation of 地蔵菩薩. A bodhisattva widely venerated in Japan as a protector of children, travelers, and the deceased, often depicted as a monk with a staff and jewel.
See also: 地蔵菩薩
道ばたに小さな地蔵が立っている。
A small Jizō statue stands by the roadside.
お地蔵さんにお参
I prayed to Jizō for my child's safety.
Full formal name of the bodhisattva; 地蔵 is the common abbreviated form.
From the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit name Kṣitigarbha, meaning 'earth womb' or 'earth store'. The Japanese reading じぞう is the on'yomi of the characters 地 (earth) and 蔵 (store).