JLPT N1 · Verb

取り扱う (toriatsukau)

取り扱う (とりあつかう, toriatsukau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とりあつかう
Romaji: toriatsukau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use · godan verb, transitive
to deal with (an issue); to manage · godan verb, transitive
to treat (someone); to deal with (someone) · godan verb, transitive
to deal in; to carry; to sell · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

算数は数を取り扱う。

Arithmetic deals with numbers.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 取り扱う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	取り扱う	とりあつかう toriatsukau
Polite (~masu)	取り扱います	とりあつかいます toriatsukaimasu
Negative	取り扱わない	とりあつかわない toriatsukawanai
Polite negative	取り扱いません	とりあつかいません toriatsukaimasen
Past	取り扱った	とりあつかった toriatsukatta
Polite past	取り扱いました	とりあつかいました toriatsukaimashita
Negative past	取り扱わなかった	とりあつかわなかった toriatsukawanakatta
Te-form	取り扱って	とりあつかって toriatsukatte
Potential	取り扱える	とりあつかえる toriatsukaeru
Passive	取り扱われる	とりあつかわれる toriatsukawareru
Causative	取り扱わせる	とりあつかわせる toriatsukawaseru
Volitional	取り扱おう	とりあつかおう toriatsukaou
Imperative	取り扱え	とりあつかえ toriatsukae
Conditional (~ba)	取り扱えば	とりあつかえば toriatsukaeba

Kanji in 取り扱う

取

take, fetch, take upシュ・と.る・と.り · 8 strokes

扱

handle, entertain, threshソウ・キュウ・あつか.い・あつか.う · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 取り扱う.

取るとるto take取り替えるとりかえるto exchange取れるとれるto come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)受け取るうけとるto receive取り上げるとりあげるto pick up受取うけとりreceiving書取かきとりwriting down from other written material取り消すとりけすto cancel取り出すとりだすto take out取り入れるとりいれるto take in取扱とりあつかいtreatment取引とりひきtransactions取材しゅざいgathering material (for an article, novel, etc.)取締りとりしまりcontrol

Source: JMdict entry 1326540 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.