掛け持ち

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 掛け持ち is read as かけもち and means holding two or more jobs or roles during the same period.
• Basic usage: It can describe the act of working multiple jobs or the state of serving in two roles at once.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Holding multiple jobs
  • 二つの仕事を掛け持ちする means holding two jobs concurrently. Example: 彼は二つの仕事を掛け持ちしている。
• Naming a combination of roles
  • In AとBの掛け持ち, と joins the two roles that one person serves in. Example: 委員と司会の掛け持ちは思ったより忙しい。