兼ね合い・兼合い|かねあいkaneai[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verbequilibrium; good balance; poise
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 兼ね合いする(かねあいする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 兼ね合いします(かねあいします) |
| Negative (nai) | 兼ね合いしない(かねあいしない) |
| polite (masen) | 兼ね合いしません(かねあいしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 兼ね合いせず・兼ね合いせぬ(かねあいせず・かねあいせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 兼ね合いした(かねあいした) |
| polite (mashita) | 兼ね合いしました(かねあいしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 兼ね合いしなかった(かねあいしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 兼ね合いしませんでした(かねあいしませんでした) |
| Te form | 兼ね合いして(かねあいして) |
| Potential | 兼ね合いできる(かねあいできる) |
| Passive | 兼ね合いされる(かねあいされる) |
| Causative | 兼ね合いさせる(かねあいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 兼ね合いさせられる(かねあいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 兼ね合いすれば(かねあいすれば) |
| tara | 兼ね合いしたら(かねあいしたら) |
| Volitional | 兼ね合いしよう(かねあいしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 兼ね合いしましょう(かねあいしましょう) |
| Imperative | 兼ね合いしろ(かねあいしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym釣り合いつりあいNeutralBalance or being well matched, as in 「釣り合いが取れない」; stresses two things being even and suited to each other, while 「兼ね合い」 is about weighing and coordinating them.
- Synonym均衡きんこうWrittenA written/formal term for equilibrium between evenly matched sides, as in 「勢力均衡」; common in economic and political contexts.
- Synonym平衡へいこうNeutralRefers to keeping balance, as in 「平衡感覚」; stresses a stable state, and leans written/formal and technical.
- SynonymバランスCasualColloquial loanword for balance and harmony, also an account balance; very common in speech and the most versatile of the group.
- Related振り合いふりあいWrittenA written/formal term for comparing and weighing, also for the situation at the time; fairly rare.
- Related権衡けんこうWrittenHighly literary term for weighing and balancing; originally the weight and beam of a scale, now rarely used.
Use 「兼ね合い」 to weigh and coordinate two or more things, as in 「予算との兼ね合い」 or 「仕事と家庭の兼ね合い」. For plain balance say 「釣り合い」 or 「バランス」; for an even balance of power, 「均衡」.
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