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Illustration of 兼ねる

兼かねる

かねる kaneru Play N2 Suffix Ichidan verb

Meanings and examples

複数の役割や事柄を一つのものがあわせ持つ。また、二つのことをあわせて行う。 to hold (position); to serve; to be unable

Example 1

今日は、ばーさんのお使いを兼ねて街で買い物。

Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.

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Example 2

私わたしは勉強べんきょうと遊あそびを兼かねている仕事しごとにつきたい。

I want to get a job that mixes work and play.

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Kanji breakdown

兼

N1

concurrently; and; beforehand; in advance

On reading
ケン
Kun reading
か.ねる、-か.ねる
Radical
八
Illustration of 兼ねて

兼ねて

N1

かねて

simultaneously

Illustration of 兼業

兼業

N1

けんぎょう

side line; second business

Illustration of 兼用

兼用

N1

けんよう

multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes

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気兼ね

N1

きがね

hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone