兼備

けんび

being proficient in both, combine both

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

兼ね仕える

かねつかえる

to serve at the same time

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

備える

そなえる

to furnish, to provide for, to equip, to install

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

才色兼備

さいしょくけんび

(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

知勇兼備

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

兼ね役

かねやく

carrying on a second line of work

気兼ね

きがね

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

申し兼ねる

もうしかねる

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

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

待ち兼ねる

まちかねる

to wait impatiently for

言い兼ねる

いいかねる

to find it hard to say

備え

そなえ

preparation, provision, guarding

両職を兼ねる

りょうしょくをかねる

to hold two offices concurrently