Meaning

Primary

Handling

Alternative

Treatment

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

If 扱う is "to handle," the noun version of that is handling or treatment.

Reading

あつかい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading comes from 扱う, so if you know that you'll have a good handling of this one.

Context

Context Sentences

ワイングラスの扱いに気をつけるようにと言われた直後に、案の定一つ割ってしまった。

Right after I was told to be careful with the wine glass, sure enough, I broke one.

フグが私にどんな扱いをしてたか考えてみると、彼がどれだけ最低男だったかが分かるわ。私は彼の家賃から電話代から食費から何から何まで払ってあげていたのに、あの男は他の女と浮気してたのよ!

When I think about the way Fugu treated me, I realize how much of a dirtbag he was. I paid for his rent, phone bills, groceries, and everything, but that jerk still cheated on me with another woman!

Kanji Composition