不老不死

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ろう
Grade: 4

Grade: 4

Grade: 3
goon on'yomi goon on'yomi

Etymology

Analyzable as 不老(ふろう) (furō, ageless, not aging, forever young) + 不死(ふし) (fushi, immortal, never dying).

Likely originally from written Chinese 不老不死. Compare modern Mandarin 不老不死 (bùlǎobùsǐ). First cited in Japanese to the Utsubo Monogatari of the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ろう)()() (furō fushiふらうふし (furaufusi)?

  1. eternal youth, perpetual youth and immortality

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References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不老不死 (bullobulsa) (hangeul 불로불사)

  1. hanja form? of 불로불사 (perpetual youth and longevity)