不ふ老ろう不ふ死し

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

perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

A yojijukugo describing the ideal of never aging and never dying. Often used in mythological, fantasy, or philosophical contexts.

• 不ふ老ろう不ふ死しの薬くすりを求もとめて旅たびに出でた。

  He set out on a journey in search of an elixir of immortality.

• 不ふ老ろう不ふ死しは人じん類るいの永えい遠えんの夢ゆめだ。

  Immortality is an eternal dream of humanity.