不死身

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
し > じ
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
goon on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 不死 (fuji-, immortality, deathlessness, this reading only found in a few compounds; in isolation, the reading is fushi) +‎ (mi, body).[1][2]

The apparent rendaku on the middle syllable is difficult to explain. Rendaku usually only happens at the boundaries of a compound's elements, whereas here we see the initial element 不死 (fushi) shift to 不死 (fuji-). Phonologically, this would suggest that the compound were instead (fu-, not, un-) + 死身 (*shimi, dying + body). However, no such term exists; the closest term is 死に身 (shinimi, dying + body).

First cited to a text from 1703.[3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()()() (fujimi-na (adnominal ()()() (fujimi na), adverbial ()()() (fujimi ni))

  1. [from 1703] invulnerable, indestructible, immortal
  2. [from 1925] (figurative) invulnerable, unfazable, unflappable: not becoming discouraged or frustrated in the face of failure or difficulty

Usage notes

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Although this term is used with the -na adjective grammar pattern using the particle (na), it is also frequently encountered as an attributive noun with the particle (no) instead.

Inflection

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Noun

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()()() (fujimi

  1. invulnerability, indestructibility, immortality
    • 2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “(けん)()() (くに)(みつ) [Kunimitsu, Brawl Delivery]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer EIJI], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      ハーッハーッ バカ()(ろう) ()()()()(とう)(くに)(みつ)をナメンなよ⁉
      Hāhhā' Baka yarō Fujimi no Mutō Kunimitsu o namen na yo⁉
      Hahahaha! Bastard! Never hearda the indestructible Mutō Kunimitsu, ain’t ya⁉
  2. [from 1703] an invulnerable, indestructible, or immortal body
  3. [from 1925] (figurative) invulnerability, unfazability, unflappability: the state or quality of not becoming discouraged or frustrated in the face of failure or difficulty
  4. [from 1925] (figurative) a person with an unfazable or unflappable character

Usage notes

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Although this term is found with the -na adjective grammar pattern using the particle (na), it is also frequently encountered as an attributive noun with the particle (no) instead.

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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不死身 (bulsasin) (hangeul 불사신)

  1. hanja form? of 불사신 (an immortal)