# 不死身
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 不 | 死 | 身 |
| ふ Grade: 4 | し > じ Grade: 3 | み Grade: 3 |
| goon | on'yomi | kun'yomi |

### Etymology

Compound of 不死 (fuji-, “immortality, deathlessness”, this reading only found in a few compounds; in isolation, the reading is fushi) +‎ 身 (mi, “body”).
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 不 (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.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふじみ [fùjímí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ʑimʲi]

### Adjective

不(ふ)死(じ)身(み) • (fujimi) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)死(じ)身(み)な (fujimi na), adverbial 不(ふ)死(じ)身(み)に (fujimi ni))
* [from 1703] invulnerable, indestructible, immortal
* [from 1925] (figurative) invulnerable, unfazable, unflappable: not becoming discouraged or frustrated in the face of failure or difficulty

#### Usage notes

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

#### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 不死身だろ | ふじみだろ | fujimi daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 不死身で | ふじみで | fujimi de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 不死身だ | ふじみだ | fujimi da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 不死身な | ふじみな | fujimi na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 不死身なら | ふじみなら | fujimi nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 不死身であれ | ふじみであれ | fujimi de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 不死身ではない 不死身じゃない | ふじみではない ふじみじゃない | fujimi de wa nai fujimi ja nai |
| Informal past | 不死身だった | ふじみだった | fujimi datta |
| Informal negative past | 不死身ではなかった 不死身じゃなかった | ふじみではなかった ふじみじゃなかった | fujimi de wa nakatta fujimi ja nakatta |
| Formal | 不死身です | ふじみです | fujimi desu |
| Formal negative | 不死身ではありません 不死身じゃありません | ふじみではありません ふじみじゃありません | fujimi de wa arimasen fujimi ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 不死身でした | ふじみでした | fujimi deshita |
| Formal negative past | 不死身ではありませんでした 不死身じゃありませんでした | ふじみではありませんでした ふじみじゃありませんでした | fujimi de wa arimasen deshita fujimi ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 不死身で | ふじみで | fujimi de |
| Conditional | 不死身なら（ば） | ふじみなら（ば） | fujimi nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 不死身だったら | ふじみだったら | fujimi dattara |
| Volitional | 不死身だろう | ふじみだろう | fujimi darō |
| Adverbial | 不死身に | ふじみに | fujimi ni |
| Degree | 不死身さ | ふじみさ | fujimisa |

### Noun

不(ふ)死(じ)身(み) • (fujimi)
* invulnerability, indestructibility, immortality
** 2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “喧(けん)嘩(か)屋(や)　国(くに)光(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　バカ野(や)郎(ろう)　不(ふ)死(じ)身(み)の武(む)藤(とう)国(くに)光(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⁉
* [from 1703] an invulnerable, indestructible, or immortal body
* [from 1925] (figurative) invulnerability, unfazability, unflappability: the state or quality of not becoming discouraged or frustrated in the face of failure or difficulty
* [from 1925] (figurative) a person with an unfazable or unflappable character

#### Usage notes

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

### See also

* 不(ふ)死(し) (fushi, “immortality”)
* 不(ふ)死(し)鳥(ちょう) (fushichō, “phoenix”)
* 不(ふ)老(ろう)不(ふ)死(し) (furō fushi, “agelessness and immortality”)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ 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

Hanja in this term :
| 不 | 死 | 身 |

### Noun

不死身 • (bulsasin) (hangeul 불사신)
* hanja form of 불사신 (“an immortal”)