29 results for *弄*

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  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    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

    船は波に翻弄されていた。
    The ship was at the mercy of the waves.

Also written 飜弄【ほんろう】

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弄るいじる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with · to make changes to; to tinker with; to fiddle with; to tamper with · to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with

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玩弄がんろう

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbtoying with; playing with · making a plaything of (someone); treating as a plaything; trifling with

愚弄ぐろう

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbmockery; derision; ridicule

弄りいじり

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixmeddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

嘲弄ちょうろう

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbscorn; mockery; ridicule

弄ぶもてあそぶ

Godan verb with 'bu' ending, Transitive verbto play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with · to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with · to do with something as one pleases

弄火ろうか

Nounplaying with fire

弄花ろうか

Noun, Suru verbgambling with hanafuda

戯弄ぎろう

Noun, Suru verbteasing; toying with someone's emotions

弄ういらう

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto touch; to finger; to play with; to fiddle with · to tease; to make fun of

弄るまさぐる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

弄言ろうげん

Nounplaying with words; frivolous speech; flippant remarks; glib talk; verbosity

玩弄物がんろうぶつ

Nounplaything; toy

弄するろうする

Suru verb - special classto play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.) · to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

弄くるいじくる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto finger; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with · to make changes to; to tinker with; to fiddle with; to tamper with · to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with

弄び物もてあそびもの

Nounplaything; toy

手弄りてまさぐり

Noun, Suru verbplaying with something with one's fingers · searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

玩弄品がんろうひん

Nountoy

庭いじりにわいじり

Noungardening; puttering around in the garden

土いじりつちいじり

Nounplaying with dirt · gardening; farming (as a hobby)

火いじりひいじり

Nounplaying with fire

客いじりきゃくいじり

Noun, Suru verbinvolving the audience (by talking to them, bringing them on stage, etc.)

泥いじりどろいじり

Noun, Suru verbplaying with mud

いじり回すいじりまわす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle

諧謔を弄するかいぎゃくをろうする

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - special classto crack jokes

詭弁を弄するきべんをろうする

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - special classto use sophistry

いじくり回すいじくりまわす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto fiddle with; to monkey around with

術策を弄するじゅっさくをろうする

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - special classto intrigue; to play a trick on; to resort to tricks