堪え兼ねる

たえかねる こたえかねる

to be unable to endure, to be unable to stand (something), to lose patience

兼ね備える

かねそなえる

to have both, to possess both, to combine with

兼ね兼ね

かねがね かねかね

often, already, for quite a while, for some time now

兼ねる

かねる

to be unable to, to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do

し兼ねる

しかねる

to be reluctant to do, to hesitate to do, to refuse to do, to be unable to do

仕える

つかえる

to serve, to work for, to attend

気兼ね

きがね

hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint, fear of troubling someone, having scruples about doing something

兼ね役

かねやく

carrying on a second line of work

待ち兼ねる

まちかねる

to wait impatiently for

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

申し兼ねる

もうしかねる

I'm sorry to trouble you, Excuse me for making such a request

言い兼ねる

いいかねる

to find it hard to say

仕え奉る

つかえまつる

to serve, to build as commanded

仕替える

しかえる つかまつかえる

to do over, to start anew

分かり兼ねる

わかりかねる

to be difficult to ascertain, to be difficult to understand

両職を兼ねる

りょうしょくをかねる

to hold two offices concurrently

兼ね合い

かねあい

equilibrium, good balance, poise

兼ねない

かねない

quite capable of..., might happen, not unlikely to

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