JLPT N3 · Verb

扱う (atsukau)

扱う (あつかう, atsukau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to deal with (a person); to treat”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あつかう
Romaji: atsukau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain · godan verb, transitive
to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage · godan verb, transitive
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work · godan verb, transitive
to deal in; to sell · godan verb, transitive
to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

心理学は人間の感情を扱う。

Psychology deals with human emotions.

Tatoeba #145520

この問題は私が扱います。

I will deal with this problem.

Tatoeba #219378

彼女はこの機械を扱うのに慣れている。

She is used to handling this machine.

Tatoeba #92884

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

Conjugation of 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	扱う	あつかう atsukau
Polite (~masu)	扱います	あつかいます atsukaimasu
Negative	扱わない	あつかわない atsukawanai
Polite negative	扱いません	あつかいません atsukaimasen
Past	扱った	あつかった atsukatta
Polite past	扱いました	あつかいました atsukaimashita
Negative past	扱わなかった	あつかわなかった atsukawanakatta
Te-form	扱って	あつかって atsukatte
Potential	扱える	あつかえる atsukaeru
Passive	扱われる	あつかわれる atsukawareru
Causative	扱わせる	あつかわせる atsukawaseru
Volitional	扱おう	あつかおう atsukaou
Imperative	扱え	あつかえ atsukae
Conditional (~ba)	扱えば	あつかえば atsukaeba

Kanji in 扱う

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 扱う.

取扱とりあつかいtreatment扱いあつかいtreatment取り扱うとりあつかうto handle

Source: JMdict entry 1153440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.