How to say "immortal" in Japanese

• 不滅ふめつCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers 'immortal' in the sense of undying or indestructible: a being, soul, or existence that cannot be destroyed. Use it when emphasizing that something will never perish or die.
  魂たましいは不滅ふめつだとプラトンは考かんがえた。↗

  Plato held that the soul is immortal.
• 不朽ふきゅうCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'immortal' in the sense of everlasting or enduring, typically applied to works, achievements, or reputations that last eternally; it is less about living forever than about enduring fame or value.
  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 不滅 for undying or indestructible existence — life, souls, flames that cannot be destroyed — and 不朽 for things, especially works or achievements, that endure or last forever.

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• 不滅ふめつimmortal
• 不朽ふきゅうeverlasting
• イモータルimmortal
• 千古不滅せんこふめつeverlasting
• 不朽不滅ふきゅうふめつeverlasting
• 千載不磨せんざいふまstill remaining after a thousand years