Does 「彼は映画スター兼政治家だ。」 sound weird?


I asked about this in the comments section of another question, but no one
responded, so I guess I'll ask it here. The question involved expressing that
someone was both a movie star and a politician, and various good alternatives
were offered. It occurred to me that 兼 might work, so I checked example
sentences in a dictionary, and found 「総理大臣兼外務大臣」. That seems similar enough.
However, I was wondering, does 兼 work with two things as wildly disparate as
"movie star", and "politician", or does it sound strange? In other words,
would one expect a stronger or more logical connection between the things that
兼 connects?




ALC samples suggest that you do not want to mix movie star with politician:

  * 社長兼最高執行責任者
  * 2004年アテネオリンピック女子バレーボール世界最終予選兼アジア地区大陸予選
  * ロックギタリスト兼歌手
  * オーナー兼経営者
  * 音楽家兼プロデューサー

Most samples come from newspapers, having a quite formal flavour. It clearly
shows that you want to link occupations (rather than favourite pastry), and
that they have to be related.

My suggestion would be to do some research on Arnold Schwartzenegger and
Ronald Reagan, and in doubt, to avoid using 兼 as in the title of your question
:)




ALC samples suggest that you do not want to mix movie star with politician:

  * 社長兼最高執行責任者
  * 2004年アテネオリンピック女子バレーボール世界最終予選兼アジア地区大陸予選
  * ロックギタリスト兼歌手
  * オーナー兼経営者
  * 音楽家兼プロデューサー

Most samples come from newspapers, having a quite formal flavour. It clearly
shows that you want to link occupations (rather than favourite pastry), and
that they have to be related.

My suggestion would be to do some research on Arnold Schwartzenegger and
Ronald Reagan, and in doubt, to avoid using 兼 as in the title of your question
:)

