身を修める

みをおさめる

to order one's life

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.)

清める

きよめる

to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off

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

清め

きよめ

purification

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)

掃き清める

はききよめる

to sweep clean, to brush clean

払い清める

はらいきよめる

to purify, to exorcise

洗い清める

あらいきよめる

to wash clean, to cleanse

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