取とり扱あつかい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

handling; treatment; management; service

Broad noun covering how something or someone is dealt with: physical handling, customer service, operation of equipment, or administrative management.

この製せい品ひんの取とり扱あつかいには注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。
Care is needed when handling this product.

あの店みせは客きゃくの取とり扱あつかいが丁てい寧ねいだ。

That shop treats its customers politely.

書しょ類るいの取とり扱あつかいは彼かれに任まかせてある。

The handling of the documents has been left to him.

Written forms

取とり扱あつかいUsage30%
Standard spelling with okurigana; preferred in most contexts.
取とり扱あつかいUsage37%
Further abbreviated spelling without okurigana; used in signs, labels, and compact contexts.
取とり扱あつかいUsage33%
Common abbreviated spelling, often seen in business and official documents.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
扱handle, entertain, thresh

Similar words

扱あつかい
扱い is a more general noun for handling or treatment, while 取り扱い often implies a more formal, procedural, or business-like context.
取とり扱あつかう
取り扱う is the verb form meaning 'to handle' or 'to deal with'; 取り扱い is the corresponding noun.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, continuative form of 取る 'to take') + 扱い (atsukai, noun form of 扱う 'to handle').