How to say "immortality" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 不死ふしno-adjectiveThe direct word for immortality as never dying: use it for a person or being that cannot die, or for eternal life itself, as in legends, myth, and fantasy.
- 不死身ふじみna-adjective, nounImmortality as a body that cannot be killed or harmed: invulnerability, even insensibility to pain. Fits action stories and games, and figuratively a person who survives anything.
- 永世えいせいnounSeldom the word you want for immortality: it really means eternity or perpetuity, so reach for it only when the idea is something lasting indefinitely, not a being that cannot die.
- 永遠えいえんno-adjective, na-adjectiveThe common word for eternity, so it suits 'immortality' when the idea is simply lasting forever, as with love or life, rather than a body's inability to die.
不死 is the word for immortality as never dying or eternal life; 不死身 for an unkillable, invulnerable body; 永遠 and 永世 convey everlastingness, with 永遠 the general term and 永世 chiefly eternity or perpetuity.
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