身銭

みぜに

one's own money

身を切るよう

みをきるよう

piercing (cold), biting (wind)

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

切り身

きりみ

cut, slice (meat, fish), fillet

切符を切る

きっぷをきる

to rip off a coupon, to punch a ticket

句を切る

くをきる

to punctuate a sentence

波を切る

なみをきる

to cut one's way through the waves

縁を切る

えんをきる

to get a divorce, to sever connections

手を切る

てをきる

to cut off (a relationship)

テープを切る

テープをきる

to break the tape (at the finishing line), to breast the tape

スイッチを切る

スイッチをきる

to switch off, to turn off

カードを切る

カードをきる

to shuffle (a deck of) cards

髪を切る

かみをきる

to cut hair, to give a haircut

空を切る

くうをきる

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air

舵を切る

かじをきる

to turn the rudder of a ship, to change direction (of policy, etc.)

口を切る

くちをきる

to be the first to speak; to break the silence