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兼けん
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
Kanji used
兼
concurrently
Pitch accent
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ん
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Used in: 1863
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
① 複数の職務を兼ねること。
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
① 本業の他にしている事業および職業。
① 本来の職務以外に他の職務を兼ねること。また、その職務。
combined use; combination; filling two positions; serving two purposes; dual-use
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
doing simultaneously
part-time mom; working mother
living room-cum-dining room
living room and bedroom; bed-sitter
president and chief executive officer; president and CEO
having both
subject for a poem
prime minister also serving as foreign minister
holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post
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.
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