身を修める

みをおさめる

to order one's life

身を清める

みをきよめる

to cleanse oneself

身を固める

みをかためる

to settle down, to get a steady job, to marry and raise a family

身を沈める

みをしずめる

to sink (into one's seat, etc.)

身をひそめる

みをひそめる

to hide oneself

腰をかがめる

こしをかがめる

to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

身を守る

みをまもる

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

身を護る

みをまもる

to defend oneself

身を誤る

みをあやまる

to err, to take the wrong path, to go astray

身を削る

みをけずる

to undergo great hardships, to waste away from great effort and worry

小腰をかがめる

こごしをかがめる

to bow slightly, to make a slight bow

苦界に身を沈める

くがいにみをしずめる

to become a prostitute (sink into a brothel)

身を焦がす

みをこがす

to burn with love

身が細る

みがほそる

to lose weight, to become thin

身が入る

みがはいる

to make one's best effort, to be enthused, to put your back into it

身を伏せる

みをふせる

to lie face-down

身を捨てる

みをすてる

to throw away one's life

身を立てる

みをたてる

to make a success in life

身を寄せる

みをよせる

to live under another's roof, to become a dependent on