noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Refers to the state or process of becoming old. Often used in reflective or slightly serious contexts, as in 老いを感じる or 老いの不安.
最近、階段を上ると老いを感じる。
Lately I feel my age when I climb stairs.
彼女
She spoke quietly about her fears of aging.
noun
old person; the elderly; the aged
A limited noun use referring to old people, most natural in set or literary-sounding expressions such as 老いも若きも. In ordinary modern prose, 高齢者, 老人, or 年寄り is usually more direct.
その祭りには老いも若きも集まった。
Both old and young gathered at the festival.