JLPT N1 grammar

〜兼ねてmeaning and usage

Meaning

Also for the purpose of A; doubling as A

How to form it

  • nounを兼ねて/を兼ねたnoun
  • nounを兼ねる
  • noun兼noun

How it is used

'Also serving as A': one action with two purposes, or one thing with two uses, as in 「〜を兼ねた〜」 or 「居間兼食堂」. 「がてら」 means doing something else on the way; 「を兼ねて」 stresses killing two birds with one stone.

Examples

  1. 勉強をかねて同業者のイベントに参加した。

    I attended an event for people in the same industry, partly as a chance to learn.

  2. 運動を兼ねて、毎朝一駅分歩いて会社に通っている。

    Partly for the exercise, I walk one stop's distance to work every morning.

  3. うちのリビングは、子どもの勉強部屋も兼ねている。

    Our living room also doubles as the kids' study.