弄ぶ

彼は会議中ずっとペンを弄んでいた。

He was toying with a pen throughout the meeting.

彼女は緊張すると髪の毛を指で弄ぶ癖がある。

She has a habit of playing with her hair when she is nervous.

少年は手の中で小石を弄びながら返事を考えていた。

The boy toyed with a pebble in his hand while he thought about his answer.

人の気持ちを弄ぶようなことはやめなさい。

Stop trifling with people's feelings.

彼は何人もの女性の心を弄んだ。

He toyed with the hearts of many women.

弄ばれたと気づいたとき、彼女は深く傷ついた。

When she realized she had been toyed with, she was deeply hurt.

彼の人生は運命に弄ばれ続けた。

All his life he was at the mercy of fate.

小舟は荒波に弄ばれて岸に打ち上げられた。

Tossed about by the rough waves, the small boat was washed up on the shore.

一部の政治家が権力を弄んでいる。

Some politicians are toying with power.

祖父は退職後、盆栽を弄んで余生を送った。

After retiring, my grandfather spent his remaining years enjoying his bonsai.

昔の文人は風月を弄んで詩を詠んだ。

Men of letters of old delighted in the beauties of nature and wrote poems about them.

彼は若い頃から詩歌を弄ぶのを楽しみとしていた。

From his youth he took pleasure in dabbling in poetry.