Vocabulary

What does 扱い (あつかい, atsukai) mean?

扱い (あつかい, atsukai) means treatment, handling, operation.

Quick facts
Readingあつかい
Romajiatsukai
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
あつかい
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonatsukai

treatment, handling, operation

  1. 1noun treatment; service; dealing (with)
  2. 2noun handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; use
  3. 3noun suffix treating as; treating like

Example sentences

  • Care must be taken when using this machine.

  • He is dissatisfied at being treated like a child.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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