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空気扱い (くうきあつかい) — treating (someone) like they are air | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
空気扱い

空気扱い

空くう気きあつ扱かい

treating (someone) like they are air

Kanji Vocab Emotions & Psychology22 strokes

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くうきあつかい

Noun, Participle, Verb

1.

treating (someone) like they are air, ignoring (someone)

colloquial

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Kanji that make up this word

そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)

empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum

いき・き…(2)

spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood

あつか.い・あつか.う・あつか.る・こ.く…(2)

handle・entertain・thresh・strip

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