〜かたわら (~katawara) — alongside (one's main job) ~, also

Someone who keeps a main job or study going and, over a long time, does something else on the side.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

N N + の + かたわら

Verb V辞書形 + かたわら

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

When to use it

A senior at your factory works on the line all week, and on Saturdays she teaches Japanese to Nepali children — she has done it for five years.
The local paper wrote about her: 「彼女は工場で働くかたわら、週末は子どもたちに日本語を教えている」.
It is a slightly written form, common in biographies, news and profiles.

Meaning

「〜かたわら」= 'while carrying on a main activity (a job, studies, housework), someone also does another thing beside it, over a long time.'
It is a lifestyle lasting months or years.

How to attach

Noun + 「の」: 会社勤めのかたわら
Verb dictionary form: 働くかたわら
What follows is usually 〜ている — the other activity kept up over time.

Versus what you know

The 「がてら」and 「かたがた」you just learned are about one trip or one visit.
N4「ながら」is two actions at the same moment (歩きながら話す); with 「かたわら」the two activities are not literally simultaneous — one is the main one, the other sits beside it.

Watch out

It is not for small actions at one moment — 「音楽を聞くかたわら宿題をする」is wrong; use 「ながら」.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

彼女は介護の仕事をするかたわら、週末は日本語教室で教えている。

かのじょはかいごのしごとをするかたわら、しゅうまつはにほんごきょうしつでおしえている。

Alongside her work in elderly care, she teaches at a Japanese class on weekends.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 介護の仕事をする = to do care work (her main job) → attach 「かたわら」 to the dictionary form → then 〜ている: 教えている — another activity she has kept up for a long time.

兄は大学院での研究のかたわら、ネパール料理の店を手伝っている。

あにはだいがくいんでのけんきゅうのかたわら、ネパールりょうりのみせをてつだっている。

Alongside his graduate research, my brother helps out at a Nepali restaurant.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 研究 = research (the main work, a noun) → put 「の」: 研究の → 「かたわら」 → then 手伝っている — another activity running alongside.

その詩人は市役所勤めのかたわら、二十年以上作品を発表し続けた。

そのしじんはしやくしょつとめのかたわら、にじゅうねんいじょうさくひんをはっぴょうしつづけた。

While working at the city office, the poet kept publishing work for over twenty years.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 市役所勤め = a job at the city office (a noun) → 「の」 → 「かたわら」 → then 二十年以上…発表し続けた — another activity that went on for years; biography style.

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

「母は主婦の仕事＿＿＿、近所の子どもに英語を教えている。」— fill the blank.

💡 Hint: Which particle after a noun?