independent, sovereign, autonomous / voluntary, on one's own initiative

studying, studies, study

to study / to discount, to reduce the price of something

Alternative form of 勉強

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

autonomy, independence

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend