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I don't know if this is correct, but the kanji on the katana translate to:
"Never Died, Never Aged, Never Destroyed"
According to this TV Tropes page, it says:
"never grow old, never die"
On this page a Japanese speaker writes:
....It reads, "不老不死不滅", which I'd translate as "Not aging, not dying, immortal" (滅ぶ horobu means "perish", so "Fumetsu" means "not perishing, "Immortal" would be as close as I could get in one word)..
"Destroy" is a little off, because it implies an external action, whereas perishing is something done naturally....So it's a touch off in that regard..
That would be a little closer to the Japanese for me....