翻弄

ほんろう

Also written 飜弄

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose; tossing about (a ship); buffeting

Kanji

• 翻 flip. Read as ホン.
• 弄 fiddle. Read as ロウ.

Example sentences

• ヨットは猛威を振るう嵐の中に翻弄された。
  The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.
• 船は風と波に翻弄されていた。
  The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.
• 船は嵐に翻弄されていた。
  The ship was at the mercy of the storm.

Common phrases

• 相手を翻弄する
• 打者を翻弄する
• スピードで翻弄する

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