持もて扱あつかう

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

take care of; look after

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.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、子こ供どもをもて扱あつかうと記しるされている。

  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

• その問もん題だいは彼かれにはもて扱あつかうものだった。

  That problem was too much for him to handle.