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

両職を兼ねる

りょうしょくをかねる

to hold two offices concurrently

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

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

兼ね備える

かねそなえる

to have both, to possess both, to combine with

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

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

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

上前をはねる

うわまえをはねる

to take a commission, to take a cut, to take a piece of the action, to take a kickback

分かり兼ねる

わかりかねる

to be difficult to ascertain, to be difficult to understand

大徳は小怨を滅す

だいとくはしょうえんをめっす

great virtues extinguish small grudges

兼ねない

かねない

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

兼ね合い

かねあい

equilibrium, good balance, poise

小事は大事

しょうじはだいじ

A small leak can sink a great ship