Word · 単語
翻弄
Reading ほんろう
having at one's mercy
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
—
JLPT
—
strokes
#16385
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
船は波に翻弄されていた。
The ship was at the mercy of the waves.
船は波にほんろうされている。
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.
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.