godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Archaic transitive verb meaning to care for or manage someone or something. Modern Japanese would normally use 世話をする or 面倒を見る.
古い文献では、子供をもて扱うと記されている。
In old documents, it is written as 'to take care of a child'.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
be too much for one; find unmanageable; not know what to do with
Archaic sense meaning something is beyond one's ability to handle or control. Related to 持て余す (もてあます), which is the modern equivalent.
See also: 持て余す
その問題は彼にはもて扱うものだった。
That problem was too much for him to handle.