翻ほん弄ろう

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翻弄する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	翻ほん弄ろうする	翻ほん弄ろうしない
Polite	翻ほん弄ろうします	翻ほん弄ろうしません
Past polite	翻ほん弄ろうしました	翻ほん弄ろうしませんでした
Past	翻ほん弄ろうした	翻ほん弄ろうしなかった
Te-form	翻ほん弄ろうして	翻ほん弄ろうしないで
Desire	翻ほん弄ろうしたい	翻ほん弄ろうしたくない
Potential	翻ほん弄ろうできる	翻ほん弄ろうできない
Passive	翻ほん弄ろうされる	翻ほん弄ろうされない
Causative	翻ほん弄ろうさせる	翻ほん弄ろうさせない
Causative passive	翻ほん弄ろうさせられる	翻ほん弄ろうさせられない
Volitional	翻ほん弄ろうしよう
Polite volitional	翻ほん弄ろうしましょう
Imperative	翻ほん弄ろうしろ	翻ほん弄ろうするな
Conditional	翻ほん弄ろうすれば	翻ほん弄ろうしなければ
Tara conditional	翻ほん弄ろうしたら	翻ほん弄ろうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

toy with; trifle with; make a fool of; toss about

Covers both manipulating a person (leading them around, playing with their emotions) and physically tossing something about (especially a ship by waves). The core image is handling something roughly or capriciously.

彼かれは相あい手てチームの守しゅ備びを翻ほん弄ろうした。
He toyed with the opposing team's defense.
小こ船ぶねは高たか波なみに翻ほん弄ろうされた。
The small boat was tossed about by the high waves.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を翻ほん弄ろうするto toy with / lead someone around
彼かれは彼かの女じょの気き持もちを翻ほん弄ろうした。
He toyed with her feelings.
〈人ひと〉に翻ほん弄ろうされるto be tossed about / manipulated by someone
彼かの女じょは運うん命めいに翻ほん弄ろうされる人じん生せいを送おくった。
She lived a life tossed about by fate.
波なみに翻ほん弄ろうされるto be tossed about by the waves
小ちいさな船ふねが波なみに翻ほん弄ろうされた。
The small boat was tossed about by the waves.
感かん情じょうに翻ほん弄ろうされるto be at the mercy of one's own emotions
彼かれは激はげしい感かん情じょうに翻ほん弄ろうされていた。
He was overwhelmed and at the mercy of intense emotions.

Kanji

翻flip, turn over, wave
弄play with, tamper, trifle with
飜flip over, upset, capsize

Related words

弄もてあそぶ
弄ぶ suggests toying with something in one's hands or cruelly playing with someone's feelings, while 翻弄 emphasizes leading a person around or tossing something about capriciously.
振ふり回まわす
振り回す is swinging something around or dragging someone along, whereas 翻弄 carries a stronger sense of making the other party helpless under one's control.
操あやつるN1
操る focuses on skillfully manipulating someone like a puppet, while 翻弄 stresses the capricious, disorienting effect this has on the person or thing being tossed about.

Don't confuse with

愚ぐ弄ろう
愚弄 means to mock or ridicule someone with contempt, while 翻弄 means to lead someone around or buffet them capriciously without necessarily insulting them.

Written forms

翻ほん弄ろうUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling.
ほんろうUsage4%
飜ほん弄ろうUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 翻 is the modern simplified form.
ホンロウUsage<1%

Etymology

From 翻 (turn over, flutter) and 弄 (play with, toy with). The combination suggests handling something by flipping it around or playing with it capriciously.