扱う

Reading

Kana: あつかう

Romaji: atsukau

Definitions

v5u

vt

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain

2

to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage

3

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work

4

to deal in; to sell

5

to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up

6

to treat A as B

Note: as ＡをＢとして扱う

7

to mediate (an argument)

Note: archaism

8

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable

Note: archaism

9

to gossip

Note: archaism

Kanji

扱

Readings: ソウ、 キュウ、 あつか.い、 あつか.う、 あつか.る、 こ.く

Meanings: handle, entertain, thresh, strip

Example Sentences

最高(さいこう)の品(しな)を扱(あつか)う。

➥Deal in top of the line of goods.

道具(どうぐ)を乱暴(らんぼう)に扱(あつか)うな。

➥Don't handle the tools roughly.

この機械(きかい)は扱(あつか)いやすい。

➥This machine is easy to handle.

歴史(れきし)は過去(かこ)を扱(あつか)う。

➥History deals with the past.

算数(さんすう)は数(かず)を取(と)り扱(あつか)う。

➥Arithmetic deals with numbers.

彼(かれ)らは私(わたし)を不当(ふとう)に扱(あつか)った。

➥They did me a great wrong.