noun
old body; aged body; advanced age
Refers to one's own aging body or advanced age, often with a self-deprecating or humble nuance. Used in set phrases like 老身に鞭打つ (to push one's aged self).
老身に鞭打って働く。
I push my aged body to work.
老身にはこの寒さがこたえる。
This cold is hard on my old bones.