取り扱う (toriatsukau) Japanese meaning: handle | Kotomora

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取り扱う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	取とり扱あつかう	取とり扱あつかわない
Polite	取とり扱あつかいます	取とり扱あつかいません
Past polite	取とり扱あつかいました	取とり扱あつかいませんでした
Past	取とり扱あつかった	取とり扱あつかわなかった
Te-form	取とり扱あつかって	取とり扱あつかわないで
Desire	取とり扱あつかいたい	取とり扱あつかいたくない
Potential	取とり扱あつかえる	取とり扱あつかえない
Passive	取とり扱あつかわれる	取とり扱あつかわれない
Causative	取とり扱あつかわせる	取とり扱あつかわせない
Causative passive	取とり扱あつかわせられるalso 取とり扱あつかわされる	取とり扱あつかわせられないalso 取とり扱あつかわされない
Volitional	取とり扱あつかおう
Polite volitional	取とり扱あつかいましょう
Imperative	取とり扱あつかえ	取とり扱あつかうな
Conditional	取とり扱あつかえば	取とり扱あつかわなければ
Tara conditional	取とり扱あつかったら	取とり扱あつかわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

handle; operate; use

Physical manipulation of objects, machines, tools, or substances. Often implies careful or skilled handling.

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Kanji

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

Related words· 6

扱あつかうN3
取り扱う is a slightly more formal, deliberate version of 扱う, which is broader and used more casually.
処しょ理りN2sense 2
処理する emphasizes systematic or mechanical processing of a task, while 取り扱う keeps a sense of careful, human-centered handling.
対たい処しょN1sense 2
対処する focuses on responding to or coping with a problem, whereas 取り扱う covers the broader act of managing or dealing with a matter.
操そう作さN3sense 1
操作する specifically means to operate a machine or device, a narrower physical sense within what 取り扱う can cover.

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販はん売ばいN3sense 4
販売する means specifically to sell goods, while 取り扱う in a commercial sense can also mean simply to stock or carry them.
取とり上あげるN3
取り扱う means to handle or deal with a topic in general, whereas 取り上げる specifically implies adopting or accepting a proposal, complaint, or question for consideration.

Politeness

承うけたまわるhumble 謙譲語N2sense 2
承る is the humble form a business or staff member uses when accepting or handling a request, compared to the neutral 取り扱う.

Don't confuse with

取とり繕つくろう
取り扱う means to handle or deal with something, while 取り繕う means to patch up appearances or make excuses, despite the shared 取り prefix.
取とり調しらべるN1
取り扱う shares the 取り- prefix with 取り調べる but means to handle or deal with something, not to investigate or interrogate.
取とり次つぐN1
取り扱う means to handle or deal with something directly, while 取り次ぐ means to pass it on to another party as a go-between.

Word family

取とり扱あつかいN1
handling; treatment; management; service
取とり扱あつかい表ひょう示じ
care instructions; handling label

Built from

取とる+扱あつかう

Written forms

取とり扱あつかうUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
取とり扱あつかうUsage9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not commonly used in modern writing.
とりあつかうUsage1%
とり扱あつかうUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 取り (continuative form of 取る, 'to take') and 扱う ('to handle'). The prefix 取り adds a sense of taking something in hand and dealing with it carefully or formally.

Meanings

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