老身

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
trad. (老身) 老 身
simp. #(老身) 老 身

Etymology

First attested in Beishi:

老身二十年侍中，與卿先君亟連職事，縱卿後進，何宜相排突也！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
老身二十年侍中，与卿先君亟连职事，纵卿后进，何宜相排突也！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: c. 659 CE, Li Yanshou, History of the Northern Dynasties
Lǎoshēn èrshí nián shìzhōng, yǔ qīng xiānjūn jí lián zhíshì, zòng qīng hòujìn, hé yí xiàng páitū yě!
I was a shizhong for twenty years, being your father's colleague. Although you came into duty later , how come you exclude me?!

Pronunciation

Pronoun

老身

  1. (literary, humble, chiefly women's speech) I; me (used by an elderly woman)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老 身
ろう
Grade: 4 		しん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

老(ろう)身(しん) • (rōshin) 

  1. (one’s own) old body; old age
    青(せい)春(しゅん)は過(す)ぎて老(ろう)身(しん)が残(のこ)る。
    Seishun wa sugite rōshin ga nokoru.
    Youth has passed and these old bones remain.
    • 2015 April 26, “Hibakusha nanajū nen: mienu ‘kaku naki seikai’ [Atomic bombing survivors 70 years on: won't see ‘a world without weapons’]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 9:
      被(ひ)爆(ばく )７０(ななじゅう)年(ねん)の年(とし)に開(ひら)かれるＮＰＴ再( さい)検(けん)討(とう)会(かい)議(ぎ)に合(あ)わせ、被(ひ)爆(ばく)者(しゃ)たちが老(ろう)身(しん)を押(お)してニューヨークに向(む)かい、かの地(ち)で証(しょう)言(げん)する。
      Hibaku nanajū-nen no toshi ni hirakareru ＮＰＴ saikentō kaigi ni awase, hibakusha-tachi ga rōshin o oshite Nyū Yōku ni mukai, kano chi de shōgen suru.
      Convened seventy years after the bombings, this conference to reappraise the non-proliferation treaty requires atomic bomb survivors to push their old bodies to New York to give testimony there.
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