取扱説明書

取扱説明書

Japanese

Kanji in this term
取	扱	説	明	書
と(り) Grade: 3	あつか(い) Grade: S	せつ Grade: 4	めい Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 2
kun’yomi		on’yomi

Alternative spelling
取扱說明書 (kyūjitai)

取扱説明書 (toriatsukai setsumeisho): an instruction manual.

Etymology

Compound of 取り扱い (toriatsukai, “handling, treatment”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)り扱(あつか)う (toriatsukau, “to handle something, to treat something in a certain way”).) +‎ 説明書 (setsumeisho, “manual, instructions, explanatory documentation”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲia̠t͡sɨᵝka̠i se̞t͡sɨᵝme̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

取(とり)扱(あつかい)説(せつ)明(めい)書(しょ) • (toriatsukai setsumeisho) ^{←とりあつかひせつめいしよ (toriatukafi setumeisyo)?}

1. instruction manual

   Synonym: マニュアル (manyuaru)

Derived terms

• とりせつ (torisetsu) (shortening)

References

1. “取扱説明書”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN