扱う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 扱う | 扱わない |
| Polite | 扱います | 扱いません |
| Past polite | 扱いました | 扱いませんでした |
| Past | 扱った | 扱わなかった |
| Te-form | 扱って | 扱わないで |
| Desire | 扱いたい | 扱いたくない |
| Potential | 扱える | 扱えない |
| Passive | 扱われる | 扱われない |
| Causative | 扱わせる | 扱わせない |
| Causative passive | 扱わせられるalso 扱わされる | 扱わせられないalso 扱わされない |
| Volitional | 扱おう | |
| Polite volitional | 扱いましょう | |
| Imperative | 扱え | 扱うな |
| Conditional | 扱えば | 扱わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 扱ったら | 扱わなかったら |
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
deal with; treat; handle; take care of
Used for interacting with people: treating them in a certain way, handling customers, or entertaining guests.
彼は客を丁寧に扱った。
He treated the customers politely.
This shop handles foreign tourists well.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for problems, tasks, or situations: handling, managing, or coping with them.
This problem needs to be handled carefully.
He managed the difficult situation well.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for machines, tools, or equipment: operating or handling them.
This machine is easy to operate.
He can operate a forklift.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for goods or products: dealing in, selling, or handling them as part of a business.
That shop deals in imported foods.
Our company handles luxury watches.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
cover; treat; discuss; take up
Used for topics, themes, or subjects: covering, treating, or discussing them in a talk, book, or meeting.
This book covers environmental issues.
The meeting took up the new project.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
treat A as B
Used in the pattern ＡをＢとして扱う: to treat or regard A as B.
He treated me as a child.
Please treat this document as confidential.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
mediate; find unmanageable; gossip
Archaic senses: mediating an argument, finding something too much to handle, or gossiping. Not used in modern Japanese.
In classical Japanese, 扱う had the meaning of mediating.
The meaning 'to be too much for one' for 扱う is not used in modern Japanese.
He always treats me like a child.
Please handle this machine with care.
This store deals in imported goods.
He is handling this case.
This program focuses mainly on environmental issues.
扱う focuses on physically handling or dealing with things in a practical way, while あしらう often implies a more nuanced, artful, or interpersonal manner of treatment.
取り扱う is a slightly more formal, deliberate version of 扱う, which is broader and used more casually.
扱う means to handle or deal with something in general, whereas 操る specifically implies skilled, hands-on manipulation.
扱う (as in 〜として扱う) means to treat or handle something as a certain thing in practice, while 見なす focuses on the mental or formal classification itself.
扱う focuses on handling or managing something (tools, people, cases), whereas 使う simply means to make use of it.
treating someone like a child
home delivery
hospitality; customer service · treating like a guest; entertaining
how to handle; way of dealing with; management
treating someone like an object; objectifying
freight handling; cargo handling
take care of; look after · be too much for one; find unmanageable; not know what to do with
treating like a stranger; cold-shouldering
priority treatment; preferential treatment
small lot consignment; small-lot handling