Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 兼ねる in Japanese
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兼ねるJLPT 2
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Kana Readingかねる
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Romajikaneru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- auxiliary verb
- Meaning
- to be unable to (usu. kana); to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (usu. kana)
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to think of the future (as well as the present)
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Examples of 兼ねる, かねる in a sentence
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I fail to see the reason.
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We cannot decide whether to go to college or not.
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She hung between refusing or accepting the invitation.
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農民はどちらの候補者を支持するかについて、いまだ決めかねています。
Farmers are still sitting on the fence over which candidate to back.
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I'm afraid I won't be able to make it for our luncheon appointment.
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With a big man it's hard for the blood to get up to the brain.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 兼ねる
- Plain Polite
- 兼ねます
- Negative
- 兼ねない
- Negative Polite
- 兼ねません
Past
- Plain
- 兼ねた
- Plain Polite
- 兼ねました
- Negative
- 兼ねなかった
- Negative Polite
- 兼ねませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 兼ねて
- Plain Polite
- 兼ねまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 兼ねられる
- Plain Polite
- 兼ねられます
- Negative
- 兼ねられない
- Negative Polite
- 兼ねられません