兼ねる

Meanings

1. Suffix, Ichidan verb

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

2. Ichidan verb, Transitive

   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)

Forms

• ご要望ようぼうにお応こたえし兼かねます。

  I cannot respond to your request.

• 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.

• 今日こんにちは、ばーさんのお使つかいを兼かねて街まちで買かい物もの。

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

• 私達わたしたちは時々ときどき、ドライブを兼かねて大好だいすきなラーメンを食たべに行いきます。

  We sometimes combine going for a drive with eating the ramen we love so.

• 精肉店せいにくてんと飲食店いんしょくてんを兼かねたお店みせだからこそできるこの低価格ていかかく。ぜひ一度いちどご賞味しょうみください。

  Because we're both a butcher's shop and a restaurant, we can offer such low prices. Please have a taste!