不ふ帰き

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

never returning; dying

A literary expression for death, almost exclusively used in the fixed phrase 不帰の客となる (to die, to become one who never returns). Not used in everyday speech.

See also: 不帰の客となる

• 彼かれは不ふ帰きの客きゃくとなった。

  He passed away (lit. became a guest who never returns).

• 「不ふ帰きの客きゃく」は、死しを婉