扱う (あつかう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

扱う (あつかう) means to handle / to deal with / to treat.

See example sentences below.

扱う at a glance

扱う

あつかうatsukau

N3verb

to handle / to deal with / to treat

扱うあつかうatsukauN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to handle / to deal with / to treat

Example 1

この機械は簡単に扱えます。

Translation

This machine is easy to handle.

Example 2

店員がお客様を丁寧に扱った。

Translation

The clerk treated the customer politely.