扱い|あつかいatsukai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountreatment; service; dealing (with); handling; management
   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.

   彼女かのじょは息子むすこがひどい扱あつかいを受うけたと憤慨ふんがいしていた。↗

   She was indignant at the way her son had been treated.
2. nounhandling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; use
   彼かれはピストルの扱あつかいに注意ちゅういを欠かいた。↗

   He was careless in handling his pistol.
3. noun (suffix)treating as; treating like
   少年しょうねんは厄介者やっかいもの扱あつかいをされて憤慨ふんがいした。↗

   The boy was fed up with being treated as a burden.

• Synonym取り扱いとりあつかいNeutralHandling of objects, machines and business, as in 「取扱説明書」 and 「取り扱い注意」; more formal than 「扱い」 and used less often for how people are treated.
• Synonym操作そうさNeutralOperating machines, also secretly manipulating data or public opinion. 「扱い」 focuses on how someone or something is treated.
• Synonym待遇たいぐうNeutralPay, position and other conditions, as in 「待遇改善」. 「扱い」 focuses on how one is treated.
• RelatedもてなしNeutralWarm hospitality for guests. 「扱い」 is general treatment or handling and is not limited to entertaining guests.
• Related処置しょちNeutralMeasures taken for a problem, or medical treatment, as in 「応急処置」. 「扱い」 is the way people or things are treated.
• Related接待せったいNeutralEntertaining guests with food and drink, most typical of business entertaining; also serving tea to passersby. 「扱い」 is how one treats someone in a general sense.
• Related対処たいしょNeutralCoping with problems or difficulties. 「扱い」 focuses on how people and things are treated.
• Related応対おうたいNeutralReceiving visitors in person or answering the phone, as in 「電話応対」. 「扱い」 is broader and covers things as well as people.
• Related接客せっきゃくNeutralServing customers or guests, in shops, hotels and companies, as in 「接客業」. 「扱い」 is broader and also covers being treated as something.
• Related手さばきてさばきNeutralSkillful manipulation with the hands, as in 「見事な手さばき」. 「扱い」 is broader and does not stress technique.
• Relatedお構いおかまいNeutralA polite term, mostly in the negative 「お構いなく」 meaning no entertainment is needed. 「扱い」 carries no such courtesy.
• RelatedあしらいNeutralHow one deals with a person, often dismissively, as in 「冷たいあしらい」. 「扱い」 is more neutral.
• RelatedさばきNeutralSkillful handling or control, also selling off goods. 「扱い」 focuses on the way someone or something is treated.
• Antonym放置ほうちNeutralOpposite of 「扱い」 in whether something is dealt with: leaving it as is, unattended.
• Antonym無視むしNeutralOpposite of 「扱い」 in whether one acknowledges something: treating it as nonexistent and ignoring it.

Use 「扱い」 for how a person or thing is treated or handled, as in 「子供扱い」. For goods, machines or business, use 「取り扱い」; for entertaining guests, 「もてなし」; for coping with problems, 「対処」; for pay and conditions, 「待遇」. The rest name specific ways of dealing with people or things; 「放置」 and 「無視」 are opposites meaning to leave or ignore something.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 操作そうさすること。
2. もてなし。待遇たいぐう。
3. ある身分みぶん・地位ちい・状態じょうたいにある人ひととして接せっすること。
4. 「あつかう」の連用形れんようけい。