彼、プロの料理人として独立した

N5 彼 kare he N3 プロ puro professional N5 料理 ryouri cooking, dish, cuisine N5 人 hito person, people N3 独立 dokuritsu independence (e.g., Ind. Day), self-support

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N4 料 ryou fee, materials, redevance N4 理 ri / kotowari logic, arrangement, reason N5 人 jin, nin / hito, -ri, -to person, être humain, personne N1 独 doku, toku / hito.ri single, alone, spontaneously N4 立 ritsu, ryuu, rittoru / ta.tsu, -ta.tsu, ta.chi-, ta.teru, -ta.teru, ta.te-, tate-, -ta.te, -da.te, -da.teru stand up, rise, set up

N4 〜として to shite Indicates role, function, position, or capacity in which someone acts, attaches to a noun, means as or in the capacity of N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜と to Indicates company, quotation, natural condition, complete list, or direct connection between elements N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase