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Grammar detail: を兼ねて(かねて)

を兼ねて(かねて)  also for ~
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ねて
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phrase
means
(phrase) also for the purpose of (noun)
ねて is typically used to express that a particular thing serves two purposes.
きょう
今日
ばーさん
つか
使
ねて
まち
もの

Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.
ようじ
用事
あそ
ねて
とうきょう
東京
った

I went to Tokyo partly for work and partly for fun.
にほんご
日本語
べんきょう
勉強
ねて
まんが
漫画
んでいる

I'm also reading manga in order to learn Japanese.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
使
シ   つか to use   
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カイ   ガイ   まち town, thoroughfare, street   
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バイ   か to buy   
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ユ   ユウ   あそ play   
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トウ   ひがし east   
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ベン    exertion   
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キョウ   ゴウ   つよ strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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マン    random, aimless   
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ガ   カク   draw
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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