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兼 : Concurrently

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Components:
八丨丨

concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance

On 'yomi:
ケン(ken)
Kun 'yomi:
か.ねる(ka.neru) -か.ねる(ka.neru)
Nanori:
かね(kane)
Strokes:10
Radical:八 (12)
Usage Rating:1164
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:8
Unicode:0517c
jis208:23-83
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兼 Usage examples

言い兼ねる(いいかねる)
言兼ねる(いいかねる)		to find it hard to say
居間兼食堂(いまけんしょくどう)living room-cum-dining room
両職を兼ねる(りょうしょくをかねる)to hold two offices concurrently
兼ねない(かねない)quite capable of ..., might happen, not unlikely to
堪り兼ねる(たまりかねる)to be unable to bear (something) any longer, to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
知勇兼備(ちゆうけんび)
智勇兼備(ちゆうけんび)		having both wisdom and courage
知徳兼備(ちとくけんび)having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
文武兼備(ぶんぶけんび)well up in both literary and military (martial) arts, well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
大は小を兼ねる(だいはしょうをかねる)the greater embraces the less, better too big than too small
腹に据え兼ねる(はらにすえかねる)cannot stomach