What does 翻弄 mean?
翻弄 is a Japanese noun meaning “having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with” in English. It is written as 翻弄 in kanji, ほんろう in hiragana, and honrou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
船は波に翻弄されていた。
The ship was at the mercy of the waves.