- independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own
- independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom
- separation; isolation
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
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She thought that she could become economically independent from her parents if she went to college.
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.
The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.