<span class='name-highlight'><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='800'>生徒（せいと）</span></span>:<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='655'>時間（じかん）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='633'>旅行（りょこう）</span>ができると思（おも）います。<br><span class='name-highlight'><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='358'>先生（せんせい）</span></span>:<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='37' data-vocab-id='148'>その</span>ような<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='590'>意見（いけん）</span>には、とうてい同意（どうい）し<strong>かねます</strong>。

<span class='name-highlight'>匿名（とくめい）の大臣（だいじん）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='113'>さん</span></span>: 「将来（しょうらい）の財政（ざいせい）赤字（あかじ）に関（かん）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>首相（しゅしょう）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='953'>言葉（ことば）</span>は信（しん）じ<strong>かねる</strong>。反対（はんたい）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span>わけにもいかないので、うなずくしかない。」

個人（こじん）的（てき）な<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='797'>理由（りゆう）</span>での払（はら）い戻（もど）しは応（おう）じ<strong>かねます</strong>。

そんな無茶（むちゃ）な要望（ようぼう）はお引受（ひきう）けし<strong>かねます</strong>。

「役者（やくしゃ）になりたい」だなんて、賛成（さんせい）し<strong>かねる</strong>。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='972'>あなた</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='333'>何（なん）</span>回（かい）も<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='866'>約束（やくそく）</span>を破（やぶ）っていますから、承諾（しょうだく）し<strong>かねます</strong>ね。

そんな乱暴（らんぼう）なやり<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='630'>方（かた）</span>は承服（しょうふく）し<strong>かねる</strong>。

<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='24' data-vocab-id='586'>悪（わる）い</span>けど、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='955'>試験（しけん）</span>は<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='5' data-vocab-id='95'>これ</span>以上（いじょう）良（よ）い点数（てんすう）をつけ<strong>かねる</strong>。

専門（せんもん）的（てき）なプロ<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='79'>グラム</span>には対応（たいおう）し<strong>かねる</strong>。

面接（めんせつ）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='886'>練習（れんしゅう）</span>で<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='365'>そういう</span>態度（たいど）を<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='417'>取（と）る</span>なら、推薦（すいせん）し<strong>かねる</strong>。

<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='365'>そういう</span>方針（ほうしん）ということでしたら、応援（おうえん）し<strong>かねます</strong>。

儲（もう）からないと分（わ）かっている事業（じぎょう）には投資（とうし）し<strong>かねる</strong>。

<div class='writeup-body'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>兼（か）ねる</span>, a る-Verb meaning 'to spread across' (usually 2 different activities or thought processes), often follows the ます-stem of other verbs in order to highlight that '(A) is not possible'. However, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>兼（か）ねる</span> often indicates that the speaker would actually like to do (A), but cannot due to some external circumstances such as difficulty, already being busy, being hesitant, etc.<br>This particular grammar pattern will most frequently be seen in its non-kanji form, although both are possible.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>こう言（い）う場合（ばあい）でも返金（へんきん）はでき<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>かねます</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Even in situations like this we can't give you a refund.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>それはお客様（きゃくさま）のプライバシーに関（かか）わる情報（じょうほう）なのでお答（こた）えし<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>かねます</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>That is information regarding our client's privacy so we cannot answer that.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>お電話（でんわ）での予約（よやく）受付（うけつけ）は受（う）け<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>かねます</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>We cannot accept reservations by phone.</div></li></ul><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>兼（か）ねる</span> is somewhat formal, and may be used in cases where a phrase like できない would be considered too strong, so the speaker wants to lightly imply that (A) cannot be done.<div class='writeup-funfact'>Fun-fact - As <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>兼（か）ねる</span> means 'to spread across', this expression can be thought of as similar to 'to be a stretch' in English. It just indicates that doing the action of (A) would be a stretch of the speaker's ability or capacity.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>弊社（へいしゃ）は内装（ないそう）専門（せんもん）なので外装（がいそう）に関（かか）わるお仕事（しごと）はお引（ひ）き受（う）けし<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='542'>かねます</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It would be a bit of a stretch for us to accept exterior work, as we specialize in interiors.</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

兼(か)ねる

cannot・be unable to, hard to, hesitant to