兼ねる – Vocabulary details

兼かねる

Meanings

Suffix

Verb (1-dan)

Usually written in kana

1. to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do

after the -masu stem of verb

まだ決きめかねてるんだ。I still can't decide.

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

2. to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features

3. to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

4. to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)

5. to think of the future (as well as the present)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

兼

concurrently

Pitch accent

か

ね

る

Conjugations...Used in: 2820

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

見み兼かねる

to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to

待まち兼かねる

to wait impatiently for

大だいは小しょうを兼かねる

the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small

6 more...

Examples (4 in total)

じゃあ、遊あそびも兼かねて少すこし運うん動どうをしようか。

Well then, shall we get a little exercise and have some fun at the same time?

どうやらその教きょう会かいでは、病びょう院いんも兼かねていたようなのです。

It seems that the church also served as a hospital.

私わたしは勉べん強きょうと遊あそびを兼かねている仕し事ごとにつきたい。

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