独立

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 独立. Reading: どくりつ. Core meaning: independence; independent operation.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: 兄は実家を出て独立した / 二つの装置は互いに独立して動く.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Personal and operational independence
  • 独立する can describe a person leaving a family's support structure or two devices operating without affecting each other. The second is functional separation, not legal independence.