How to say "treatment" in Japanese

• 扱いあつかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounTreatment as in how a person or thing is dealt with — the service or treatment someone receives, or the way something is handled. Think of fair or unfair treatment of people.
  この旅館りょかんは客きゃくの扱あつかいがよい。↗

  This inn gives good service.
• 処理しょりJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTreatment in the sense of processing or dealing with something: handling tasks, paperwork, or data, or treating substances such as waste or water. Not the word for how people are treated.
  あなたはあの車くるまをどう処理しょりしたのですか？↗

  What did you do with that car?
• 加工かこうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTreatment only in an industrial sense: processing, machining, or otherwise working materials into products. For the everyday senses of 'treatment' this is seldom the word you want.
  イチゴは加工かこうされてジャムになります。↗

  Strawberries are made into jam.
• 取り扱いとりあつかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounOverlaps with 扱い: the treatment or service people receive, and the handling or management of things; often seen in instructions and rules on how something is to be dealt with.
  先生せんせいは彼女かのじょに正当せいとうな取り扱とりあつかいをしなかった。↗

  The teacher didn't do her justice.
• トリートメントCommon
  noun, suru verbA loanword used for 'treatment' mainly in hair care — conditioning treatments at a salon or hair products. Not a general word for treatment in other senses.

Use 「扱い」 or 「取り扱い」 for how people or things are treated or handled, 処理 for processing or dealing with tasks and substances, 加工 for industrial working of materials, and 「トリートメント」 for hair treatment.

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• 扱いあつかいtreatment
• 処理しょりprocessing
• 加工かこうmanufacturing
• 取り扱いとりあつかいtreatment
• トリートメントtreatment (esp. hair treatment)
• 待遇たいぐうtreatment
• 処遇しょぐうtreatment (of a person)
• もてなしhospitality
• 仕向けしむけdelivery
• おもてなしhospitality
• 施術せじゅつtreatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.)
• 療治りょうじtreatment
• あしらいtreatment
• 口触りくちざわり(food that meets one's) taste
• 治療ちりょう(medical) treatment
• 療法りょうほう(method of) treatment
• 仕打ちしうち(poor) treatment
• 治病ちびょう(medical) treatment
• 無害化むがいかdetoxification
• 手当てあてmedical care
• 使い方つかいかたway of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.)
• 造作ぞうさhospitality
• 取り持ちとりもちentertainment