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けん
Meanings
Conjunction
1. cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
Alt. forms
兼けん
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けん
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
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Examples (5 in total)
He is a novelist and a painter.
The editor and publisher is my cousin.
Julius Gustav Neubronner was a German apothecary and inventor.
The hotel has now become a local museum and community center.
The editor and publisher of this magazine was criticized by some readers.