# 兼ねる
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 兼
* か Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 予ねる (rare)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かねる [kànéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ka̠ne̞ɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「兼ねる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 兼ねる | かねる | [kànéꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 兼ねろ | かねろ | [kànéꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 兼ねられる | かねられる | [kànéráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 兼ねさせる | かねさせる | [kànésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | 兼ねられる | かねられる | [kànéráréꜜrù] |
| Volitional | 兼ねよう | かねよー | [kànéyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 兼ねない | かねない | [kànéꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 兼ねなかった | かねなかった | [kànéꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 兼ねます | かねます | [kànémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 兼ねた | かねた | [káꜜnètà] |
| Conjunctive | 兼ねて | かねて | [káꜜnètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 兼ねれば | かねれば | [kànéꜜrèbà] |

### Verb

兼(か)ねる • (kaneru) transitive ichidan (stem 兼(か)ね (kane), past 兼(か)ねた (kaneta))
* serve as one thing and another at once
    この部(へ)屋(や)は書(しょ)斎(さい)と応(おう)接(せつ)間(ま)を兼(か)ねています。
       Kono heya wa shosai to ōsetsuma o kanete imasu.
       This room serves both as a reading room and a guest room.
* to take something else into concern; to further consider (something)

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 兼ね | かね | kane |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 兼ね | かね | kane |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 兼ねる | かねる | kaneru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 兼ねる | かねる | kaneru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 兼ねれ | かねれ | kanere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 兼ねよ¹ 兼ねろ² | かねよ¹ かねろ² | kaneyo¹ kanero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 兼ねられる | かねられる | kanerareru |
| Causative | 兼ねさせる 兼ねさす | かねさせる かねさす | kanesaseru kanesasu |
| Potential | 兼ねられる 兼ねれる³ | かねられる かねれる³ | kanerareru kanereru³ |
| Volitional | 兼ねよう | かねよう | kaneyō |
| Negative | 兼ねない 兼ねぬ 兼ねん | かねない かねぬ かねん | kanenai kanenu kanen |
| Negative continuative | 兼ねず | かねず | kanezu |
| Formal | 兼ねます | かねます | kanemasu |
| Perfective | 兼ねた | かねた | kaneta |
| Conjunctive | 兼ねて | かねて | kanete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 兼ねれば | かねれば | kanereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

### Suffix

兼(か)ねる • (-kaneru) ichidan (stem 兼(か)ね (-kane), past 兼(か)ねた (-kaneta))
* find it difficult to do, be unable to do
    ケガ・事故(じこ)等(など)の責任(せきにん)は一切(いっさい)負(お)いかねます。
       Kega jiko nado no sekinin wa issai oi-kanemasu.
       We will not bear any responsibility for any injuries or accidents.
    より深(しん)刻(こく)な事(じ)態(たい)を招(まね)きかねません。
       Yori shinkoku na jitai o maneki-kanemasen.
       It may further lead to a more serious consequence.
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    「本当(ほんとう)に殺(ころ)されかねないと恐怖(きょうふ)を感(かん)じた。」
       “Hontō ni korosarekanenai to kyōfu o kanjita.”
       "I thought that he might really kill me. I was terrified."

#### Usage notes

* As a suffix, this term is usually spelled in hiragana, attach after the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb.
* Can be used in the negative form, as in かねない (kanenai) or かねません (kanemasen). Similar to かもしれない (kamoshirenai), this term has the nuance of the possibility of some unfavorable events happening.