Dictionary / Vocabulary / 寄る年波
よるとしなみ
one's increasing age; approaching old age; aging steadily
Also written よる年波
彼は寄る年波で弱った。
He sank under the weight of age.
寄る年波には勝てないんだよ。
No one can turn the clock back.
勝って当たり前だったあの選手も寄る年波には勝てない。
Even those players who saw winning as a given can't triumph over getting old.