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Keyword
tinker with
Info
Frequency
Top 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō
?
Kanken
Level 2
Heisig
731
Readings
ろう
(36%)
いじ
(34%)
もてあそ
(26%)
いら
(1%)
まさぐ
いじく
もてあそび
Composed of
王
king
廾
both hands
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
弄
もてあそ
ぶ
to 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; to appreciate
翻
ほん
弄
ろう
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
弄
いじ
る
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
33 more...
Examples (11 in total)
俺
おれ
はなんとなく
手
て
で
弄
もてあそ
んでいたスマホをテーブルの
上
うえ
に
置
お
いた。
I put the smartphone I'd been absent-mindedly fiddling with down on the table.
私
わたし
の
心
こころ
を
弄
もてあそ
んだな！
You toyed with my heart!
その
言
こと
葉
ば
に
翻
ほん
弄
ろう
された
人
じん
生
せい
だった。
It was a life tossed about by those words.
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