独立（どくりつ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: independence
Example sentences
- 親元を離れて独立する。 — He leaves home and becomes independent.
- 会社をやめて独立する。 — She quits her company to start out on her own.
Idioms & proverbs containing “独立”
- 独立独歩 (どくりつどっぽ) — self-reliance; self-help
- 独立自尊 (どくりつじそん) — (spirit of) independence and self-respect
- 独立不羈 (どくりつふき) — acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
- 独立自存 (どくりつじそん) — independence and self-reliance
- 不羈独立 (ふきどくりつ) — free and independent
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See it used in real works
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