石せき仏ぶつ

noun

stone Buddhist statue; stone Buddha image

Refers to a carved stone figure of the Buddha or a Buddhist deity, often found at temples, cemeteries, or along roadsides.

• 古ふるい石せき仏ぶつが道みち端ばたに立たっている。

  An old stone Buddhist statue stands by the roadside.

• この寺てらには鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの石せき仏ぶつが残のこっている。

  A stone Buddha image from the Kamakura period remains at this temple.

noun

stone-faced person; unemotional person; taciturn person

Only with reading いしぼとけ

Figurative use, likening a person's lack of expression or emotion to a stone statue. Often used with the reading いしぼとけ, but せきぶつ is also possible.

• 彼かれはいつも無む表ひょう情じょうで、まるで石いし仏ぼとけのようだ。

  He is always expressionless, just like a stone Buddha.

• あの人ひとは石いし仏ぼとけみたいに何なにも感かんじていないように見みえる。

  That person looks as if they feel nothing, like a stone statue.