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翻弄 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
翻弄
BOOST
Reading : ほんろう   
1. trifling with; toying with; playing with; making sport of; making fun of; leading around by the nose
2. tossing about (a ship)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 82,996 which gives a rank of 9,957
翻弄 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 8,220,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13940
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 36 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
にっかん
日韓
わが
ふた
そこく
祖国
うんめい
運命
あらなみ
荒波
ほんろう
翻弄
された
おとこ
こうせき
航跡
title of book, album etc.
Japan and Korea, My Two Homelands: The Wake of a Man Who Has Been Tossed About by the Stormy Seas of Fate
にほん
日本
チーム
きょう
今日
しあい
試合
ブラジル
たく
こうげき
攻撃
しゅうし
終始
ほんろう
翻弄
され
つづ

In today’s game, Brazil’s skillful offense toyed with Japan’s team from start to finish.
ふね
かぜ
なみ
ほんろう
翻弄
されていた

The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.
ほんろう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 204,000 (about 226,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 36 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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飜弄
BOOST
Reading : ほんろう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 235,000 (about 56,800 results)
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ホン   ひるがえ to flutter, to flap   ひるがえ to change one's mind; to fly (flag, etc.)   
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バン    turn   
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topped rice
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
デン   た rice field   
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
ロウ   play with; ridicule   もてあそ to play with   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ホン   ひるがえ to flutter, to flap   ひるがえ to change one's mind; to fly (flag, etc.)   こぼ to spill   
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ヒ   と to fly   とばす to let fly   
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ます a measure (of a drink)   
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second   おつ    
ice   
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