兼けん
Meanings
Conjunction
1. and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
I guess this room is a bedroom-cum-living room.
Kanji used
concurrently
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
combined use; combination; dual-use; filling two positions
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
working twice as hard; working day and night; doing simultaneously
part-time mom; working mother
living room-cum-dining room
living room and bedroom; bed-sitter
having both (at the same time); possessing both; owning both
subject for a poem (announced prior to a meeting of poets)
prime minister also serving as foreign minister
cuddy; small cabin or shelter on a sailboat
universal love (concept in Mohism)
holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post
Examples (8 in total)
He is a novelist and a painter.
It is a place that serves as both an office and a living room.
I guess this room is a bedroom-cum-living room.