concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance

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Common words

1. 兼けんけんand (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)1

   • この雑誌ざっしの編集へんしゅう者しゃ兼けん出版しゅっぱん社しゃが一部いちぶの読者どくしゃから批判ひはんされた。

     The editor and publisher of this magazine was criticized by some readers.

   • 彼かれは小説しょうせつ家か兼けん画家がかである。

     He is a novelist and artist.

   • 編集へんしゅう者しゃ兼けん出版しゅっぱん者しゃであるその人ひとは私わたしのいとこです。

     The editor and publisher is my cousin.

2. 兼任けんにんけんにんserving concurrently as; holding the additional post of2
3. 兼務けんむけんむserving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of3
4. 兼かねてかねてpreviously; already; for some time; for quite a while4

   • 私わたし達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.

5. 兼かねるかねるto be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do5

   • 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.

   • 今日きょうは、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.

   • こういう事情じじょうですから、残念ざんねんながら、せっかくのご招待しょうたいをお受うけいたしかねるのです。

     As such is the case, I am sorry I can't accept your kind invitation.

6. 気兼きがねきがねconstraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone6
7. 兼かね合あいかねあいequilibrium; good balance; poise7
8. 兼かね備そなえるかねそなえるto have both; to possess both; to combine with8

   • その本ほんを書かいた人ひとは、機知きちとユーモアを兼かね備そなえた人ひとだね。

     The person who wrote that book is possessed of both humour and wit, isn't he?

9. 待まち兼かねるまちかねるto wait impatiently for9

   • 私わたしは彼女かのじょの到着とうちゃくを待まちかねていた。

     I was impatient for her arrival.

   • 彼女かのじょは休やすみを待まちかねている。

     She is impatient for her holidays.

   • 彼女かのじょは夏休なつやすみを待まちかねている。

     She can hardly wait for the summer vacation.

10. 兼営けんえいけんえいoperating or carrying on simultaneously10

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