Vocabulary
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
expression
verb
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は結婚（けっこん）して身（み）をかためた。
He was married and settled down.
身（み）を固（かた）めるまでにはかなりの収入（しゅうにゅう）を得（え）たい。
I hope to earn a respectable income by the time I settle down.
私（わたし）達（たち）は彼（かれ）に身（み）を固（かた）めさせた。
We fixed him!
もう身（み）を固（かた）めて落ち着（おちつ）いてもいいころだよ。
It's high time you got married and settled down.
彼女（かのじょ）は今（いま）では結婚（けっこん）して身（み）を固（かた）めている。
She's married and settled down now.