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兼ねる

To Combine


Meaning

To Combine, To Double As

Word Type

ichidan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means concurrently, but since you can't "to concurrently", we're going to have to come up with another word to use: "to combine" or "to double as." Since this kanji has to do with something having a dual purpose, we can say that something can combine as being another thing, or double as being another thing, which is where these words come from.


Reading

かねる

Explanation

For example, a car (か) can double as a place to sleep at night when not enough people become members of WaniKani.


Context

Context Sentences

できれば台所と居間を兼ねるような部屋がある方がいいなぁ。

I prefer to have a kitchen-cum-living room if possible.


Kanji Composition