shoulders and body; one's physical frame
Literal sense referring to the shoulders and upper body. Rarely used outside fixed expressions in modern Japanese.
Literally, 肩身 is an old word for the shoulders and body.
Now that my son has become a doctor, I feel proud as a parent.
With such a low salary, I feel ashamed.
Compound of 肩 (shoulder) and 身 (body). The figurative sense of 'honor' or 'face' likely developed from the image of how one carries one's shoulders and body, reflecting pride or shame.