馬ば齢れい

noun

my age; one's own age

Humble expression used to refer to one's own age, often in formal or literary contexts. Conveys modesty by comparing oneself to a horse that has merely grown old without achieving anything.

• 馬ば齢れいを重かさねるばかりで、何なんの成せい果かもありません。

  I have merely grown older without any accomplishments.

• 私わたしも馬ば齢れい六ろく十じゅうを迎むかえました。

  I have also reached the humble age of sixty.

noun

age of a horse

Original literal meaning; now rare outside historical or equestrian contexts.

• この馬うまの馬ば齢れいは十じゅっ歳さいです。

  This horse is ten years old.