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かねがね Japanese meaning | Kotomora
JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Meanings 1
adverb
for some time now ; already ; since long ago
usually written using kana alone
Expresses that something has been the case for a while, often with a nuance of having felt or thought something for some time. Used in formal or written contexts.
その 問もん 題だい に つい て は かねがね 疑ぎ 問もん に 思おも っ て い た 。
I had been wondering about that issue for quite a while.
Written forms かねがね Usage 98%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 兼々, 予々, 兼兼, 予予, 兼ね兼ね are rare and mostly seen in older texts.
予かね 予がね Usage 1%
Rare kanji spelling; may be encountered in formal or literary contexts.
予かね 々がね Usage 1%
Rare kanji spelling; may be encountered in formal or literary contexts.
兼かね 々がね
Rare kanji spelling; may be encountered in formal or literary contexts.
兼かね 兼がね
Rare kanji spelling; may be encountered in formal or literary contexts.
兼か ね 兼が ね
Rare kanji spelling; may be encountered in formal or literary contexts.
Kanji 兼 concurrently, and, beforehand 予 beforehand, previous, myself Similar words 前まえ 々まえ から More casual and commonly used in everyday speech, while かねがね is formal and often used in set phrases like かねがねお噂は伺っておりました.
以い 前ぜん から Neutral and widely used; かねがね carries a more literary or polite tone.
Etymology Derived from the verb 兼ねる (kaneru, 'to combine' or 'to serve as both') with reduplication, suggesting something that has been ongoing or overlapping from the past. The exact historical development is uncertain.
