研究社 新和英中辞典

‐かねる …兼ねる

〈ためらう〉 hesitate to do; be unwilling [reluctant] to do

〈できない〉 cannot do; cannot [【形式ばった表現】 can ill] afford to do; be not in a position to do; be unable to do

申し上げかねますが…

Excuse me, but….

用例

遺憾ながらご依頼に応じかねます. I regret to say that I am not in a position to comply with your request. 忙しかったので彼の招待には応じかねた. I was so busy that I was unable to accept his invitation. それだけはいたしかねます. I will do anything but that.

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かねる 兼ねる

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〈具備する〉	combine [unite] 《A with B》
〈役立つ〉	serve both as 《A and B》

書斎と客間とを兼ねた室

a room serving both as a study and a drawing room

用例

この書斎は応接間も兼ねている. This study serves as a drawing room, too.

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〈兼職する〉

hold 《a post》 in addition to one's regular one; hold 《two posts》 at once [【形式ばった表現】 simultaneously, 【形式ばった表現】 concurrently]

首相と外相を兼ねる

hold the portfolio for Foreign Affairs concurrently with the premiership

用事と遊びを兼ねて

partly on business and partly for pleasure

on business combined with pleasure

用例

彼は一人で校長, 教師, 用務員をみな兼ねている. He is principal, teacher, and janitor, all in one. 監査役は取締役を兼ねることはできない. An auditor may not at the same time be a director.

JMdict

兼ねる

読み方：かねる

(1)

文法情報	（接尾辞、動詞一段活用）（かな表記が多い）
対訳	to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do

(2)

文法情報	（動詞一段活用、他動詞）
対訳	to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features

(3)

対訳	to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

(4)

対訳	to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)

(5)

対訳	to think of the future (as well as the present)

EDR日英対訳辞書

かねる

読み方 カネル

be unable to *do

日英固有名詞辞典

かねる

日本人名前

兼、包

英語式	ヘボン式	訓令式	ワープロ式
Kaneru	Kaneru	Kaneru	Kaneru

斎藤和英大辞典

兼ねる

読み方 かねる

他動詞

To combine, unite （two or more things）

用例

彼は両職を兼ねている
He combines two offices―hold both offices.

彼女は才色を兼ねている
She combines wit and beauty
She has both wit and beauty
She is both witty and beautiful.

良将は智勇を兼ぬ
A good general should combine ability with valour.

彼は文武両道を兼ねている
He wields both pen and sword.

あのような才能とあのような勉強を兼ねている人はめったにない
Few men combine such ability and such diligence
Such ability and such industry rarely meet in the same person.

総理大臣が司法大臣を兼ねている
The Premier holds the portfolio of justice as an additional office.

彼は詩人と哲人の性格を兼ねている
He partakes of both characters of poet and philosopher.

彼は校長と教諭を兼ねている
He is principal and instructor in one.

彼は校長、教員、会計、小使を皆一人で兼ねている
He is principal, teacher, treasurer, servant, all in one.

大は小を兼ぬ
The greater will serve for the lesser.

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兼ねる

読み方 かねる

接尾動詞

（＝何々しかねる）Can not; to fail to （do anything）

用例

今日は参上致しかねます
I can not call on you today.

一存でははからいかねます
I can not decide on my responsibility.

君の言うことはわかりかねる
I fail to understand you
What you say is unintelligible.

問題を解きかねた
I failed to solve the problem―failed in solving the problem.

それはできかねる
That is not to be done―impossible.

彼の字は読みかねる
His handwriting is illegible.

遺憾ながらご依頼に応じかねます
I regret to say that I am not in a position to comply with your request.

夜の明けるのを待ちかねた
I was impatient for daylight.

彼の返事を待ちかねた
I was impatient for his answer.

申上げかねますが金を少々拝借できますまいか
If it is not asking too much, will you lend me some money?

あの男はどんな卑劣なこともしかねぬ
He is capable of any baseness.

あの二人組んだらどんな悪いこともしかねぬ
They two are capable of anything
They two will stick at nothing.

彼は僕を殴りかねない権幕だった
He looked as if he could have struck me.