independence (e.g. Ind. Day), self-support
Example sentences
彼は独立して商売を始めた。
He went into business on his own account.
彼は親から独立している。
He is independent of his parents.
彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
More N3 vocabulary
- 痛みpain, ache, sore, grief, distress
- 一生whole life, a lifetime, all through life
- 予防prevention, precaution, protection against
- 会員member, the membership
- 器用skillful, handy
- 満ちるto be full, to rise (tide), to mature, to expire