石いし地じ蔵ぞう

noun

stone Jizō statue

A stone statue of Jizō (Kṣitigarbha), often placed along roadsides or in graveyards as a guardian deity.

See also: 地蔵

• 道みちのわきに古ふるい石いし地じ蔵ぞうが立たっている。

  An old stone Jizō statue stands by the roadside.

• 村むらの入いり口ぐちに石いし地じ蔵ぞうがまつられている。

  A stone Jizō statue is enshrined at the entrance of the village.

noun

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.

• 彼かれはまるで石いし地じ蔵ぞうのように黙だまっている。

  He stays silent just like a stone Jizō statue.

• あの人ひとは石いし地じ蔵ぞうで、恋れん愛あいにまったく興きょう味みがない。

  That person is a stone Jizō, completely uninterested in romance.