彼女は独立して事業を始めた

N5 彼女 kanojo she N3 独立 dokuritsu independence (e.g., Ind. Day), self-support N1 事業 jigyou project, enterprise, business N5 始め hajime beginning, start

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N5 女 jo, nyo, nyou / onna, me woman, female, femme 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 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

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 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information