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かねる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
兼ねる
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Reading : かねる   
suffix, ichidan verb
1. to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do  (see also: 兼ねない; often written with kana only)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
2. to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
3. to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
4. to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
5. to think of the future (as well as the present)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 116,421 which gives a rank of 3,144
兼ねる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 95,000 (about 2,160,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3859 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4319
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
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.
わたし
べんきょう
勉強
あそ
ねている
しごと
仕事
つきたい
I want to get a job that mixes work and play.
ちょっと
おお
きい
けどこの
ふうとう
封筒
いい
だい
しょう
ねる
って

It might be a bit big but this envelope will do just fine. It's better to be too big than too small.
かねる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 53,000 (about 8,520,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7423
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
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