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

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

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

言いかねる

to find it hard to say

し兼ねない

しかねない

capable of anything, liable to do

両職を兼ねる

りょうしょくをかねる

to hold two offices concurrently

分かり兼ねる

わかりかねる

to be difficult to ascertain, to be difficult to understand

遣り兼ねない

やりかねない

capable of anything, liable to do

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