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.)

身をかがめる

みをかがめる

to stoop, to bend over

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

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

身を入れる

みをいれる

to exert oneself, to devote oneself to

身を投じる

みをとうじる

to throw oneself (into an activity)

身を任せる

みをまかせる

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man), to surrender oneself to

身を投げる

みをなげる

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

身を案じる

みをあんじる

to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare