命を削る

いのちをけずる

to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

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

予算を削る

よさんをけずる

to curtail a budget

削る

はつる けずる

to shave (wood or leather), to sharpen, to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off

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

身を修める

みをおさめる

to order one's 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

身を清める

みをきよめる

to cleanse oneself

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

身銭を切る

みぜにをきる

to use one's own money, to pay for from one's own pocket

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