友人が事業を始めて三年で破産した

N3 友人 yuujin friend, formal friend N1 事業 jigyou project, enterprise, business N5 始め hajime beginning, start N5 三 san three N5 年 toshi year, age N3 破産 hasan (personal) bankruptcy

N5 友 yuu / tomo friend, ami, amigo N5 人 jin, nin / hito, -ri, -to person, être humain, personne N4 事 ji, zu / koto, tsuka.u, tsuka.eru matter, thing, fact N4 業 gyou, gou / waza business, vocation, arts N4 始 shi / haji.meru, -haji.meru, haji.maru commence, begin, commencer N5 三 san, zou / mi, mi.tsu, mitsu.tsu three, trois, tres N5 年 nen / toshi year, counter for years, année N3 破 ha / yabu.ru, yabu.reru, wa.reru rend, rip, tear N3 産 san / u.mu, u.mareru, ubu-, mu.su products, bear, give birth

N4 〜始める hajimeru Indicates the beginning of an action or process, attaches to the verb stem, means start doing N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜で de Indicates where an action happens, means used, tool, cause, or material depending on context