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兼ねる
兼ねる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 兼 |
| Grade: S |
Verb
兼ねる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana かねる, romaji kaneru)
- serve as one thing and another at once
- think of the future
Conjugation
Conjugation of "兼ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 兼ね | かね | kane | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 兼ね | かね | kane | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 兼ねる | かねる | kaneru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 兼ねる | かねる | kaneru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 兼ねれ | かねれ | kanere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 兼ねよ¹ 兼ねろ² |
かねよ¹ かねろ² |
kaneyo¹ kanero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 兼ねられる | かねられる | kanerareru | |
| Causative | 兼ねさせる 兼ねさす |
かねさせる かねさす |
kanesaseru kanesasu |
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| Potential | 兼ねられる 兼ねれる³ |
かねられる かねれる³ |
kanerareru kanereru³ |
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| Volitional | 兼ねよう | かねよう | kaneyō | |
| Negative | 兼ねない 兼ねぬ 兼ねん |
かねない かねぬ かねん |
kanenai kanenu kanen |
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| Negative continuative | 兼ねず | かねず | kanezu | |
| Formal | 兼ねます | かねます | kanemasu | |
| Perfective | 兼ねた | かねた | kaneta | |
| Conjunctive | 兼ねて | かねて | kanete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 兼ねれば | かねれば | kanereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Suffix
兼ねる (hiragana かねる, romaji -kaneru)
- find it difficult to do, be unable to do