N2813/1725

兼かねる

usually written using kana alonesuffixIchidan verbverb (generic)transitive verb

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かねる

Meanings

to be unable to, to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do
to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously, to contain (or combine) two or more features
to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.), to do alongside
to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
to think of the future (as well as the present)

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Example sentences

その申もうし出ではお断ことわりしかねます。

I find it difficult to decline that offer.

彼女かのじょはデザイナーを兼かねてエンジニアとして働はたらいている。

She works as both a designer and an engineer simultaneously.

この建物たてものは図書館としょかんと市民しみんセンターを兼かねている。

This building serves as both a library and a community center.

彼かれの発言はつげんには賛成さんせいしかねる部分ぶぶんもあるが、全体的ぜんたいてきには納得なっとくできる。

There are parts of his statement that I find difficult to agree with, but overall I can accept it.

将来しょうらいを兼かねて、若わかいうちから資産しさん運用うんようを始はじめることが重要じゅうようだと考かんがえられている。

It is considered important to start asset management while young, keeping the future in mind as well.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)