Illustration: On an exposed pedestrian bridge, a commuter struggles with an umbrella that a violent gust has turned inside out. The umbrella pulls one arm overhead while his coat flaps in the opposite direction and his shoes skid sideways across the wet pavement.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

翻ほん弄ろう

honrou

to toss about, to toy with

Example sentences

  1. 船ふねは波なみに翻弄ほんろうされていた。

    The ship was at the mercy of the waves.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 船ふねは嵐あらしに翻弄ほんろうされていた。

    The ship was at the mercy of the storm.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし雪ゆきに阻はばまれ進軍しんぐんは困難こんなんを極きわめ、地理ちりに詳くわしい木曽軍きそぐんに翻弄ほんろうされた。

    However, snow prevented the troops from moving ahead and they were at the mercy of the Kiso forces, who knew the geography of the area well.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 翻弄

  • 翻flip; turn overOnホン・ハンKunひるがえる・ひるがえす
  • 弄play with; tamperOnロウ・ルKunいじくる・ろうする・いじる

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