地じ蔵ぞう堂どう

noun

Jizō hall; temple hall with a Jizō image

A small hall or shrine building within a Buddhist temple compound that enshrines an image of Kshitigarbha (Jizō Bosatsu). Often a modest structure where people pray for children's safety or for the deceased.

See also: 地蔵

• お寺てらの境けい内だいに古ふるい地じ蔵ぞう堂どうがあります。

  There is an old Jizō hall within the temple grounds.

• 地じ蔵ぞう堂どうの前まえで手てを合あわせた。

  I put my hands together in prayer in front of the Jizō hall.