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► 成句
  [み]  [身に染みる]    meaning:  feel  rank: 2
☆ 病気になって健康有難さが身に染みた ⇨ I felt the blessing of health seep through my body, to my core, when I got sick. I’ve realized how important health is  (☛ Feel strongly, especially the value of something important, or the severity of something difficult)

  [み]  [身に付く]    meaning:  learn  rank: 2
☆ 読むだけでは本当知識は身にかない ⇨ You cannot get real knowledge by just reading books

  [み]  [身に付ける]    meaning:  learn  rank: 2
☆ 本当知識はただ読んだだけでは身にかない ⇨ You don’t acquire real knowledge by just reading in books  (☛ Learn and become proficient)

  [み]  [身に付く]    meaning:  obtain  rank: 2
☆ 悪銭身にかず ⇨ Bad money won’t stay with you. Easy come easy go  (☛ A proverb. Money you gained without earning)

  [み]  [身に着ける]  [liter]    meaning:  wear  rank: 2
☆ 彼女も身にけていなかった ⇨ She wasn’t wearing anything. She had nothing on herself
☆ 彼女沢山装飾品けている ⇨ She’s wearing a lot of jewelry  (☛ Literally “attach to body”. Usually about accessories, equipment)

  [み]  [身が入る]    meaning:  focus  rank: 3
☆ 練習に身が入っていない (みがはいる) ⇨ His body is not in the training. He is not fully focused on it

  [み]  [身を入れる]    meaning:  focus  rank: 3
☆ もっと身をれて練習しろ ⇨ You have to practice with more focus

  [み]  [身を引く]    meaning:  resign  rank: 3
☆ 彼女していることを知って身をいた ⇨ He found out she loved another man and withdrew himself

  [み]  [身を以て]  [liter]    meaning:  self  rank: 3
☆ 言うことを自分で身を実践しろ (みをもって) ⇨ practice yourself, with your own body, what you preach to others
☆ 米国人種差別を身を体験した (みをもって) ⇨ I experienced racism directly myself, with my own body, in US

  [み]  [身の振り方]    meaning:  life  rank: 4
☆ 今後の身の振り方えている (みのふりかた) ⇨ He is contemplating his life option from this point on

► 名詞
  [み]  [liter]    meaning:  body  rank: 2
☆ ここでは身の安全保証出来ない ⇨ We cannot guarantee your safety here
☆ 彼女は身の危険じた ⇨ She felt physical danger to herself, physically threatened

  [み]  [身になる]    meaning:  position  rank: 2
☆ の身になってえる出来ない ⇨ He is not capable of thinking in somebody else’s body, shoes
☆ の身にもなってよ ⇨ Why don’t you put yourself in my shoes?

  [み]  [liter]    meaning:  self  rank: 2
☆ 白状したほうが身のだぞ ⇨ You should confess quickly for your own good, to save yourself
☆ 皆自分の身が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to save their own bodies, skins


More examples:
  • クラークケントスーパーマンに変身した ⇨ Clark Kent change into Superman
  • の白身 ⇨ 
  • みすぼらしい身なりの ⇨ A shabby-looking man
  • 身寄りのないお年寄り ⇨ Elderlies without family
  • この駐車場は身体障害者専用指定されている ⇨ This parking space is designated as reserved for people with disabilities
  • 長年苦労は身もボロボロになった ⇨ He has become worn out physically and mentally by many years of hardship
  • 農家の出身だ ⇨ He is from a farming family
  • 不死身の ⇨ An immortal man
  • 身の程知らずの馬鹿者 ⇨ A fool who doesn’t understand where he stands
  • 地方出身だ ⇨ He’s from the countryside
  • は人身事故こした ⇨ He caused an accident involving injuries and/or deaths
  • タコの刺身 ⇨ Octopus sashimi
  • 彼等大国まれて身動きがれない ⇨ They are caught between the powerful countries and can’t make any move
  • 身元不明遺体 ⇨ An unidentified corpse
  • は終身刑をけた ⇨ He received a life sentence