How to say "enduring" in Japanese

• 持続じぞくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers the 'continuing, lasting, sustaining' sense of enduring — something persisting through time, such as effort, growth, or supply. It emphasizes duration itself rather than permanence or fame.
• 不朽ふきゅうCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers the 'everlasting, immortal, eternal' sense of enduring — things regarded as imperishable, such as works of art or achievements. It carries a lofty, evaluative nuance rather than describing simple continuation.
  この数年間すうねんかんに彼かれは不朽ふきゅうの名詩めいしを書かいた。↗

  During these years he wrote immortal poems.

Use 持続 for enduring in the sense of continuing or persisting over time, and 不朽 for enduring in the sense of being everlasting, immortal, or imperishable.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 持続じぞくcontinuation
• 不朽ふきゅうeverlasting
• しぶといtenacious
• 根の良いこんのいいenduring
• 受忍じゅにんenduring (hardships, inconveniences, etc.)
• 変わらぬかわらぬconstant
• 尽きせぬつきせぬeternal
• 凌ぎしのぎ(means of) enduring