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.
この店は外国人観光客を上手に扱っている。
This shop handles foreign tourists well.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for problems, tasks, or situations: handling, managing, or coping with them.
この問題は慎重に扱う必要がある。
This problem needs to be handled carefully.
彼は難しい状況をうまく扱った。
He managed the difficult situation well.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for machines, tools, or equipment: operating or handling them.
この機械は扱いやすい。
This machine is easy to operate.
彼はフォークリフトを扱える。
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.
あの店は輸入食品を扱っている。
That shop deals in imported foods.
当社は高級時計を扱っております。
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.
この本は環境問題を扱っている。
This book covers environmental issues.
会議では新しい企画を扱った。
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.
彼は私を子供として扱った。
He treated me as a child.
この書類は機密として扱ってください。
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.
古語では「扱う」に仲裁する意味があった。
In classical Japanese, 扱う had the meaning of mediating.
「手に余る」という意味での「扱う」は現代では使われない。
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 is a general verb for handling objects, tools, or matters, while 手がける stresses personal involvement and responsibility in taking on a project.
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