ほんろう
Honrou
Other forms: 飜弄
翻弄 (Honrou) is a Japanese noun meaning “having at one's mercy, trifling with, toying with, playing with”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbhaving at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
Examples
船は波に翻弄されていた。
The ship was at the mercy of the waves.
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.
船は波にほんろうされている。
The ship was at the mercy of the waves.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).