jmdict 1000300 Active (id#2374187)
遇う [rK] ； 配う [sK]
【 あしらう 】
  1. [v5u,vt] [uk]
    • to treat
    • to handle
    • to deal with
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2007170 あしらい 1. treatment; handling; reception
  2. [v5u,vt] [uk]
    • to arrange
    • to decorate (with)
    • to adorn (with)
    • to dress (with)
    • to garnish (with)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2007170 あしらい 2. arrangement; addition; garnish
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2026-06-25 20:30:19 Jim Breen (id#2374187)
    • A* 2026-06-25 19:13:05 Carl Bader-Nia (id#2374172)
    • Comments
      Grounds for a restriction don't seem to be present.
Restriction not in references either.

>大辞林's 3rd edition included both kanji, no clue about the 4th though
The fourth edition has only 遇う, though it mentions 配う in a ～と書く note.

遇う isn't in any other references apart from that, tagging [rK].
配う has no kokugo headword appearances at all, hiding.
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 遇う　　 │ 15,102 │ 24.3% │The vast majority of  these will be あう
│ 配う　　 │     32 │  0.1% │not in any references, not even nikkoku
│ あしらう │ 47,054 │ 75.7% │
╰─ーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -8,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14 +15,0 @@
-<stagk>遇う</stagk>
    • A 2025-10-25 11:01:50 Jim Breen (id#2349967)
    • Comments
      We usually indiuit this way.
    • Diff
      @@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
-<gloss>to decorate with</gloss>
-<gloss>to adorn with</gloss>
-<gloss>to dress with</gloss>
-<gloss>to garnish with</gloss>
+<gloss>to decorate (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to adorn (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to dress (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to garnish (with)</gloss>
    • A* 2025-10-25 07:47:18 (id#2349960)
    • Comments
      The previous entry implied this word marked the thing being decorated with を, when in reality it markes the thing being _used_ to decorate with を. ランプをあしらう does not mean "to decorate a lamp" - it means "to decorate (something) using lamps." These changes better reflect this.
    • Refs
      https://massif.la/ja/search?q=あしらう
This link includes many sentences using this word according to my changes and none according to the previous entry. Some examples:
それは、青い宝石をあしらった指輪だった。
そこには獅子と龍をあしらった紋章が刻まれていた。
表面にラピスラズリをあしらっている。
箱の中には、宝石をあしらった勲章のような物が入っていた。
    • Diff
      @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
-<gloss>to decorate</gloss>
-<gloss>to dress</gloss>
-<gloss>to garnish</gloss>
+<gloss>to decorate with</gloss>
+<gloss>to adorn with</gloss>
+<gloss>to dress with</gloss>
+<gloss>to garnish with</gloss>
    • A 2021-03-11 04:26:52 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      OK, I'll put them back and reinstate the "UK" tags. 配う is only sense 2.
    • Diff
      @@ -3,0 +4,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>遇う</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>配う</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -7,0 +14 @@
+<stagk>遇う</stagk>
@@ -9,0 +17 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -17 +25 @@
-<s_inf>occ. 配う</s_inf>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
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