Japanese symbol for “mistreat”
粗末に扱う
そまつにあつかう
Romaji: somatsuniatsukau
to handle (something) carelessly; to mistreat (somebody); to waste (e.g. food, money)
In Japanese, mistreat is 粗末に扱う, read そまつにあつかう (somatsuniatsukau).
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Meanings
- exp, v5u to handle (something) carelessly; to mistreat (somebody); to waste (e.g. food, money)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗末 | そまつ somatsu | crude; rough; plain |
| 粗悪 | そあく soaku | coarse; crude; inferior |
| 粗大 | そだい sodai | coarse; rough; bulky |
| 粗い | あらい arai | coarse; rough |
| 粗暴 | そぼう sobou | rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude |
| 粗野 | そや soya | rustic; rude; vulgar |
| 週末 | しゅうまつ shuumatsu | weekend |
| 年末 | ねんまつ nenmatsu | end-of-year; year-end |
| 扱う | あつかう atsukau | to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle |
See also: Chinese symbol for “mistreat”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.