Receiving a treating as with 〜れる
Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
Cocoa wonders why it is that she didn’t like coffee before, but she’s crazy about the coffee Chino makes.
- チノ:
- 「でもココアさんは味の違いわからないじゃないですか」
- “But you don't know the difference in taste, right?”
- 「ただのカフェイン中毒ですよ」
- “That makes it just a caffine addiction.”
- “But you don't know the difference in taste, right?”
- ココア:
- 「中毒扱いされた…」
- “I got treated like an addict...”
- Literal: “I received addict treatment...”
- “I got treated like an addict...”
Key Points
1中毒扱いされた = “I got treated like an addict”
- 扱い after a noun means treating, labeling, or classifying someone as that thing.
- Cocoa is reacting to Chino’s カフェイン中毒 comment as if Chino has labeled her an addict.
2Ⓐ扱いする to Ⓐ扱いされる
- Ⓐ扱いする means “to treat someone as Ⓐ” or “to regard someone as Ⓐ”.
- The receptive form Ⓐ扱いされる means “to be treated as Ⓐ”.
3された is the past receptive of する
- する becomes される, and in past tense された.
- The sentence focuses on Cocoa receiving the treatment, not on Chino as the person doing it.
4Omitted subject: Cocoa is the receiver
- A fuller version would be 私が 中毒扱いされた or 私は …, depending on emphasis.
- The line leaves 私 out because the reaction is thought by Cocoa herself.
5Do not split the さ as sentence-ending さ
- In 扱いされた, the さ begins された, the receptive past of する.
- The structure is 中毒扱い + された, not 扱い + さ.
- さん is an honorific suffix attached to a person’s name to show respect and social distance, roughly equivalent to “Mr.”, “Ms.”, or “Mrs.” in English, though it’s used far more broadly and doesn’t specify gender or marital status.
Vocabulary
中毒 (Poisoning)
中毒 means poisoning or addiction. It describes being affected from within by a toxic substance or a compulsive influence.
See Also
- External: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
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