Kanji 兼 Words: Meanings and Readings

兼ねる

かねる

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

気がね

きがね

constraint

予て

かねて

previously

兼業

けんぎょう

side business

兼

けん

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)

待ちかねる

まちかねる

to wait impatiently for

兼務

けんむ

additional post

兼任

けんにん

serving concurrently as

兼合い

かねあい

equilibrium

兼ね備える

かねそなえる

to have both

兼用

けんよう

multi-use

兼業農家

けんぎょうのうか

part-time farmer

兼営

けんえい

operating or carrying on simultaneously

兼職

けんしょく

concurrent position

お待ちかね

おまちかね

long-awaited

し兼ねない

しかねない

capable of anything

し兼ねる

しかねる

to be reluctant to do

堪えかねる

たえかねる

to be unable to endure

堪りかねる

たまりかねる

to be unable to bear (something) any longer

居間兼食堂

いまけんしょくどう

living room-cum-dining room

居間兼寝室

いまけんしんしつ

living room and bedroom

計りかねる

はかりかねる

to find difficult to guess

兼す

けんす

to combine with

兼ねない

かねない

quite capable of ...

兼ね仕える

かねつかえる

to serve at the same time

兼ね役

かねやく

carrying on a second line of work

兼学

けんがく

concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects

兼轄

けんかつ

joint administration

兼官

けんかん

holding of concurrent (official) posts

兼業主婦

けんぎょうしゅふ

part-time mom

兼勤

けんきん

additional post

兼行

けんこう

doing simultaneously

兼修

けんしゅう

studying two subjects together (e.g. as a major and a minor)

兼松日産農林

かねまつにっさんのうりん

Kanematsu-NNK Corporation

兼摂

けんせつ

serving concurrently as

兼帯

けんたい

filling two positions

兼題

けんだい

subject for a poem (announced prior to a meeting of poets)

兼担

けんたん

serving concurrently as

兼備

けんび

being proficient in both

兼併

けんぺい

uniting

兼補

けんぽ

carrying on a second line of work

兼務寺

けんむじ

Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest

兼有

けんゆう

having both

見かねる

みかねる

to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

見るに見かねる

みるにみかねる

to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

遣り兼ねない

やりかねない

capable of anything

言いかねる

いいかねる

to find it hard to say

才色兼備

さいしょくけんび

(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

社長兼最高経営責任者

しゃちょうけんさいこうけいえいせきにんしゃ

president and chief executive officer

首相兼外相

しゅしょうけんがいしょう

prime minister also serving as foreign minister

出来かねる

できかねる

to be unable to do

申し兼ねる

もうしかねる

to hesitate to say

千番に一番の兼ね合い

せんばんにいちばんのかねあい

something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success

待ちかね

まちかね

waiting impatiently

待兼鰐

まちかねわに

Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Japanese fossil species of crocodilian)

大は小を兼ねる

だいはしょうをかねる

the greater embraces the less

大男総身に知恵が回りかね

おおおとこそうみにちえがまわりかね

big heads have little wit

男女兼用

だんじょけんよう

unisex

知徳兼備

ちとくけんび

having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue

智勇兼備

ちゆうけんび

having both wisdom and courage

致しかねる

いたしかねる

to be unable to do

昼夜兼行

ちゅうやけんこう

around-the-clock

腹にすえかねる

はらにすえかねる

cannot suppress one's anger

分かりかねる

わかりかねる

to not understand

文武兼備

ぶんぶけんび

well up in both literary and military (martial) arts

予々

かねがね

since long ago

予てより

かねてより

previously

予言

かねごと

promise