身を沈める

みをしずめる

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

苦界

くがい

life of prostitution

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

沈める

しずめる

to sink, to submerge

親を苦しめる

おやをくるしめる

to cause one's parents distress

苦汁をなめる

くじゅうをなめる

to have a bitter experience

苦杯をなめる

くはいをなめる

to drink a bitter cup; to have a bitter experience; to suffer a defeat

身をひそめる

みをひそめる

to hide oneself

身をかがめる

みをかがめる

to stoop, to bend over

一身に集める

いっしんにあつめる

to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)

身を粉にする

みをこにする

to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dust

沈め

しずめ

sinking, submerging

苦しめる

くるしめる

to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt

苦になる

くになる

to be bothered (by something), to suffer

苦にする

くにする

to worry

苦楽を共にする

くらくをともにする

to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin

身を守る

みをまもる

to defend oneself; to protect oneself